CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2018-0047
GRACE 1
GRACE 1 (NORAD 27391) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 10 March 2018, after 15 years, 11 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
27391
International designator
2002-012A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United States
Launched
17 Mar 2002Plesetsk Cosmodrome
Re-entered (UTC)
10 Mar 2018UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
15 years, 11 months5,837 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
—
Mass
475 kg
Operator
GFZ / JPL
Built by
Astrium
Bus
FlexBus
Programme
DLR Geo
Where it came down
Not on recordNo position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit is not on record.
Life in orbit
15 years, 11 monthsGRACE 1’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 10 Mar 2018
1 entryFrom the same launch
2002-012
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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