CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2017-0201
GRACE 2
GRACE 2 (NORAD 27392) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 24 December 2017, after 15 years, 9 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
27392
International designator
2002-012B
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
17 Mar 2002Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
24 Dec 2017UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
15 years, 9 months5,761 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
89.0°N to 89.0°SFinal inclination 89.0°
Mass
475 kg
Operator
GFZ / JPL
Built by
Astrium
Bus
FlexBus
Programme
DLR Geo
Where it came down
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 89.0°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 89.0°N and 89.0°S.
Life in orbit
15 years, 9 monthsGRACE 2’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 24 Dec 2017
1 entryFrom the same launch
2002-012
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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