Objectives and Applications
8-year nominal mission life. Extremely-high-precision gravity measurements for use in construction of gravity field models. MC-S will consists of two satellites (A, B) serving one mission in the same manner as the original GRACE and GRACE-FO missions.
Full Name
Mass Change - Sustaining
Mission Status
Cancelled
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
12 Mar 2031
Mission Links
EOL Date
11 Mar 2039
Orbit Type
Inclined, non-sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
93 minutes
Orbit Sense
TBD
Orbit Inclination
70 deg
Orbit Altitude
390 km
Orbit Longitude
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
LRI - Laser Ranging Instrument |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Gravity and Magnetic Fields | Gravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements | LRI |
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