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== End of mission == Following an age-related battery issue on GRACE-2 in September 2017, it became apparent that GRACE-2's remaining battery capacity would not be sufficient to operate. Therefore, it was decided in mid-October to decommission the GRACE-2 satellite and end GRACE's science mission.<ref name="end-of-science-mission"/> Atmospheric reentry of GRACE-2 occurred on 24 December 2017 at approximately 00:16 UTC;<ref name="decay-2" /> atmospheric reentry of GRACE-1 took place on 10 March 2018 around 06:09 UTC.<ref name="decay-1" />
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