Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
Eurockot Launch Services
Provider type
Commercial
Orbit
LEO
Mission type
Earth Science
Launch site
Russia
Date
Sun, 17 Mar 2002 09:21:27 GMT
Orbital launch #
#4523 ever
Mission
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.