Launch vehicle
Rokot/Briz-KM
- Height
- 29 m
- Diameter
- 2.5 m
- Stages
- 3
- Recorded launches
- 31
- First flight
- 2000-05-16
Historical mission record
This page records Rokot / Briz-KM | GRACE and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.
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Mission status
Launch Successful
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LAUNCH SITEPlesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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.
- Launch vehicle
- Rokot/Briz-KM
- Mission type
- Earth Science
- Destination orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
- Launch pad
- 133/3 (133L)
- Provider
- Eurockot Launch Services
The vehicle
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Launch site & orbit
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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