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Launch of Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (Grace)

NASA TV's audio-only launch coverage begins Sunday, March 17, at approximately 12:50 a.m. (Pacific).

The twin Grace satellites are scheduled to be launched Saturday, March 17, from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia on a five-year mission to precisely map Earth's gravity field.

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Before the briefing, we will be streaming NASA TV.

If you don't have RealPlayer,
you can download the free RealPlayer 8 Basic.

If launch takes place March 17, we will have an archive of the launch available here on Monday, March 18.
artist's concept of Grace

Related links:
Grace launch press kit
Grace home page
Grace Science briefing webcast (March 7, 2002)
Prelaunch press release
Spotlight: From Russia with Grace

 

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