Objectives and Applications
5-year nominal mission life, Extremely high precision gravity measurements for use in construction of gravity field models. GRACE-C will consists of two satellites serving one mission in the same manner as the GRACE and GRACE-FO missions.
Full Name
Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment - Continuity
aka GRACE-Continuity
Mission Status
Approved
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
Dec 2028
Mission Links
EOL Date
Dec 2033
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 #
International Designator
ACC - Accelerometer |
LRI - Laser Ranging Instrument |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Gravity and Magnetic Fields | Gravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements | LRI |
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