GRACE-FO

NORAD 43476 · COSPAR 2018-047A · ACTIVE

Orbit: #47021 @ 442 x 449 km x 88.9981 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2026-10-27 22:21 UTC Â· 27.5 h old

Orbit history

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Current TLE

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GRACE-FO 1
1 43476U 18047A 26300.93170909 .00002326 00000-0 57025-4 0 09999
2 43476 88.9981 179.7467 0004564 334.4838 25.6193 15.40245984470214

TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database

Launch date

May 22nd 2018

Spacecraft age

8 years, 5 months

Distance travelled

—

Expected lifetime

—

Operator

NASA/German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ)

Purpose

Earth Observation

Orbit class

LEO Â· Polar

Launch site

Vandenberg AFB

Launch vehicle

Falcon 9

Contractor

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Airbus

Launch mass

600 kg

Power

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements

Inclination

88.9981Â°

Period

93.49 min

Perigee

442 km

Apogee

449 km

Eccentricity

0.0004564

RAAN

179.7467Â°

Arg of Perigee

334.4838Â°

Mean Motion

15.40245984 rev/d