Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment

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. The two satellites were sometimes called Tom and Jerry, a nod to the famous cartoon. The GRACE Follow-On (GRACE-FO) is a continuation of the mission on near-identical hardware, launched in May 2018. On March 19, 2024, NASA announced that the successor to GRACE-FO would be Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment-Continuity (GRACE-C), to be launched in December 2028.

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GRACE
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2002-03-17T00:00:00Z

2002-03-17T00:00:00Z

2002 Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment

2002-03-17T00:00:00Z

2002-03-17T00:00:00Z

rocket launch

2017-10-27T00:00:00Z

2017-10-27T00:00:00Z

service retirement

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Frameless

GRAIL's Final Resting Spot

Gravitational inhomogenity of Earth

Gravity anomalies on Earth

Antarctic Circumpolar Current

GRACE Global Gravity Animation PIA12146

GRACE Amazon hydrology

Greenland Ice Mass Trend

PGR Paulson07 big

A Grace gravity model, showing Europe and Africa

GRACE ocean bottom pressure

• GRACE observations of changes in continental water storage - article by R SCHMIDT et al published February 2006 in Global and Planetary Change, Q1860
• Comparison of Groundwater Storage Changes From GRACE Satellites With Monitoring and Modeling of Major U.S. Aquifers - scientific article published on 24 November 2020

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		GRAIL's Final Resting Spot		Commons
commons	image		Gravitational inhomogenity of Earth		Commons
commons	image		Gravity anomalies on Earth		Commons
commons	image		Antarctic Circumpolar Current		Commons
commons	image		GRACE Global Gravity Animation PIA12146		Commons
commons	image		GRACE Amazon hydrology		Commons
commons	image		Greenland Ice Mass Trend		Commons
commons	image		PGR Paulson07 big		Commons
commons	image		A Grace gravity model, showing Europe and Africa		Commons
commons	image		GRACE ocean bottom pressure		Commons