GRACE 2

USA & Germany

Spacecraft nº:

USA / Germany satellite nº: 39

GRACE= Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
Also called ESSP 2B or Jerry

Launch data:

Designation:	27392 / 02012B
Launch date	17 Mar 2002 - 09:21:17 UT
Launch site	Plesetsk, LC-133
Launch vehicle	Rokot/Briz-KM (#6)
Mission:	Civil:Geodesy / Earth Science
LEO Polar Earth orbit:
Perigee / Apogee	482 x 507 km
Eccentricity	1,82E-03
Inclination	89 deg
Period	94.5 min

Spacecraft data:

Prime contractor	Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA)/Space Systems/Loral/Astrium GmBH
Platform
Operator	GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ)/Center for Space Research, University of Texas
Mass at launch	480 kg
Dry Mass	445 kg
Basic shape
Dimension (m)
Equipment
Solar array
Stabilization
Propulsion
DC power	150 W

End of live:

Re-entered date:	24 Dec 2017
Lifetime:

Description:

Map gravitational mini-variations caused by sea-level changes, glaciers and melting/freezing of ice sheets by measuring distance between satellites.

Ref.: #3(SD542), #7, #228 - update: 22.03.18