2002 · Eurockot Launch Services
GRACE
successRokot / Briz-KM | GRACE
The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) was a joint mission of NASA and the German Aerospace Center (DLR). Twin satellites took detailed measurements of Earth's gravity field anomalies from its launch in March 2002 to the end of its science mission in October 2017.
Overview
- Date / time
- March 17, 2002 at 09:21 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- 133/3 (133L)
- Mission
- GRACE
- Mission type
- Earth Science
- Orbit achieved
- Low Earth Orbit