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Short-Period Mass Variations and the Next Generation Gravity Mission

Bender, P. L., Conklin, J. W., and Wiese, D. N., 2025. Short-Period Mass Variations and the Next Generation Gravity Mission. Journal of Geophysical Research (Solid Earth), 130(1):2024JB030290, doi:10.1029/2024JB030290.

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@ARTICLE{2025JGRB..13030290B,
       author = {{Bender}, P.~L. and {Conklin}, J.~W. and {Wiese}, D.~N.},
        title = "{Short-Period Mass Variations and the Next Generation Gravity Mission}",
      journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research (Solid Earth)},
     keywords = {GRACE, gravity, mass change, accelerometer, gravitational reference sensor},
         year = 2025,
        month = jan,
       volume = {130},
       number = {1},
        pages = {2024JB030290},
     abstract = "{At the time that the 2017{\textendash}2027 Decadal Survey for Earth
        Science and Applications from Space was released, there was a
        strong emphasis on reducing the possibility of a substantial gap
        between the GRACE Follow-On mission and a successor mission.
        This has led to the subsequent rapid development of a successor
        mission in partnership between NASA and DLR, GRACE-Continuity
        (GRACE-C), expected to launch in 2028, to continue the
        timeseries of Earth system mass change established by GRACE and
        GRACE-FO. In parallel, ESA continues development of a pair of
        satellites called Next Generation Gravity Mission (NGGM),
        targeted for an inclination between 65{\textdegree} and
        75{\textdegree} to complement GRACE-C, launching in the early
        2030s. NGGM offers the possibility for reduced noise in
        measuring short-period variations in the satellite separation
        using an improved accelerometer relative to what is flying on
        GRACE-C. One pathway for this is by using a simplified version
        of the Gravitational Reference Sensors demonstrated on the LISA
        Pathfinder Mission in 2016. And, if the measurement accuracy is
        much improved, it appears desirable to fly NGGM with a fixed
        ground track and an approximately 5-day orbit repeat period.}",
          doi = {10.1029/2024JB030290},
       adsurl = {https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025JGRB..13030290B},
      adsnote = {Provided by the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System}
}

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