The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) mission provides a unique opportunity for the development of a mission analysis tool capable of analyzing the current status of the twin satellite system and predicting future performance characteristics of the satellites' onboard instrumentation. The mission analysis tool provides services for GRACE mission operations and science teams, as well as an outlet for education advancements. Data visualizations, instrument fault isolation, science data quality verification, tracking of trends in instrument behavior over the lifetime of the mission, and prediction of future instrumentation performance provide mission operations and science teams with useful information for analysis tasks. Educational benefits arise from the opportunity for students to learn from real examples, comparing the data characteristics of the GRACE mission to classroom excercises.
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