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GRACE
2 satellites - Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
Launched in:
2002
Out of service since:
2017
Orbit height:
437 km
Orbit type:
Near polar
Organisation:
NASA - USA
K-band ranging systems and Accelerometers were switched off in Feb 2013.
Mission ended 27 Oct 2017.
GRACE websites
Information
Earth System Science Pathfinder Missions
GFZ ISDC - Grace
CSR Univ of Texas - Grace
PODAAC - Grace mission
CSR Univ of Texas - Brochure
NASA JPL - Missions
ESA Earth Online
GFZ Potsdam - GRACE
Data ordering
GFZ ISDC - Grace
ESA Earth Online - Search
GFZ - Grace data (FTP)
PODAAC - Grace data
NASA JPL - Grace Tellus
NASA Giovanni (data and visualisation)
ESA - Third Party Missions (data for research)
On Board Sensors
KBR (K-band Ranging System)
Information
Data ordering
Sensor Bands
Band
Wavelength
(µm)
Bandwidth
(µm)
Resolution
(m)
Swath width
(km)
Revisit time
(days)
Band K (24 GHz) (Microwave)
Band Ka (32 GHz) (Microwave)
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