Payload
GRACE-FO 1
OperationalPayloadLEONORAD 43476
GRACE-FO 1 is a NASA/German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) payload satellite, launched on May 22, 2018 into LEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- May 22, 2018 at 07:47 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Vandenberg SFB, USA
- Launched by
- Falcon 9 Block 4 →
- Operator
- SpaceX
- Mission
- Iridium-6 & GRACE-FO
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 461 km
- Periapsis
- 442 km
- Inclination
- 88.99°
- Orbital period
- 93.61 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 14, 2026 at 10:43 AM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- NASA/German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ)
- Manufacturer
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Airbus
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 600 kg
- Design lifetime
- 5 years
- Dimensions
- 3.1 × 0.7 × 3.1 m
- Detailed purpose
- Earth Science
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2018-047A
- NORAD catalog №
- 43476
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Operational