Objectives and Applications
5-year nominal mission life, Extremely high precision gravity measurements for use in construction of gravity field models. GRACE-FO will consists of two satellites (A, B) serving one mission in the same manner as the original GRACE mission
Full Name
Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment - Follow-on
Mission Status
Operational (nominal)
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
22 May 2018
Mission Links
EOL Date
Sep 2026
Orbit Type
Inclined, non-sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
98 minutes
Orbit Sense
TBD
Orbit Inclination
89 deg
Orbit Altitude
500 km
Orbit Longitude
NORAD Catalog #s
International Designators
LRI - Laser Ranging Instrument |
| MWI - Microwave Instrument |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Gravity and Magnetic Fields | Gravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements | LRI, MWI |