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Rokot / Briz-KM
Launched 2002-03-17 09:21:27 UTC133/3 (133L), Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Worldwide
12th
orbital launch attempt in 2002
Eurockot Launch Services
1st
launch this year
133/3 (133L)
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
670 d
since the pad's previous launch
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.
Eurockot Launch Services GmbH is a commercial spacecraft launch provider and was founded in 1995. Eurockot uses an expendable launch vehicle called the Rockot to place satellites into low Earth orbit (LEO). Eurockot is jointly owned by ArianeGroup, which holds 51 percent, and by Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, which holds 49 percent. Eurockot launches from dedicated launch facilities at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia.
Launches
14
Successful
13
93%
Upcoming
0
scheduled
Height
29m
Diameter
2.5m
To low Earth orbit
1,850kg
Liftoff thrust
1,870kN
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