CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- GRACE
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Full Name
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Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
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Status
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Mission complete
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Mission Agencies
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NASA , DLR , ESA, GFZ
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Launch Date
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17 Mar 2002
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Mission Links
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mission site | data access portal
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EOL Date
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27 Oct 2017
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EO Portal Info
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NORAD Catalog #s
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27391 (TLE), 27392 (TLE)
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International Designators
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2002-012A, 2002-012B
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Orbit Type
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Inclined, non-sun-synchronous
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Orbit Period
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91 minutes
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Orbit Sense
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N/A
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Orbit Inclination
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89 deg
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Orbit Altitude
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327 km
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Orbit Longitude
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Orbit LST
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Repeat Cycle
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Objectives and Applications
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5-year nominal mission life, currently in extended operations. Extremely high precision gravity measurements for use in construction of gravity field models. GRACE consists of two satellites (A, B) serving one mission.
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Mission Measurements
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Mission Instruments
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Featured Datasets
More Datasets
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GRACE Level 1B/2 Data Products
Jan-2017
| The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) mission was a joint project
between NASA and DLR. The primary science objective of GRACE was to measure the Earth’s gravity
field and time variability with unprecedented accuracy. The secondary science
objective was to obtain approximately 150 very precise globally distributed
vertical temperature and humidity profiles of the atmosphere per day using the
GPS radio occultation technique. ESA offers access to worldwide GRACE data via the TPM scheme. Read more 
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OpenSearch Datasets
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Selected IDN OpenSearch Results (search all 149 )
AVISO Level 4 Absolute Dynamic Topography for Climate Model Comparison
Clock conversion parameters from receiver to GPS time for GRACE-A
CSR TELLUS GRACE Level-3 Monthly Land Water-Equivalent-Thickness Surface Mass Anomaly Release 6.0 ve ...
CSR TELLUS GRACE Level-3 Monthly Ocean Bottom Pressure Anomaly Release 6.0 version 04 in netCDF/ASCI ...
ECCO Atmosphere Surface Temperature, Humidity, Wind, and Pressure - Daily Mean 0.5 Degree (Version 4 ...
ECCO Atmosphere Surface Temperature, Humidity, Wind, and Pressure - Daily Mean llc90 Grid (Version 4 ...
ECCO Atmosphere Surface Temperature, Humidity, Wind, and Pressure - Monthly Mean 0.5 Degree (Version ...
ECCO Atmosphere Surface Temperature, Humidity, Wind, and Pressure - Monthly Mean llc90 Grid (Version ...
ECCO Gent-McWilliams Bolus Transport Streamfunction - Daily Mean llc90 Grid (Version 4 Release 4)
ECCO Gent-McWilliams Bolus Transport Streamfunction - Monthly Mean llc90 Grid (Version 4 Release 4)
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