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Article Evaluation
Yes everything in the article is relevant to the article topic. The data processing levels section seemed kind of distracting to me. I recognize it's still relevant to remote sensing but it also seemed to stray away from the topic a little bit. Yes the article is written in a neutral voice and there are claims and facts but they are not biased towards any particular position. I don't think there are really any viewpoints that are over or underrepresented. The history section could possibly have some more content but overall I think it is very balanced. Yes the links work in the citations and the sources support the claims in the article. Yes, the sources are scholarly research articles or come from reliable sources that provide mostly unbiased facts. It is pretty much up to date, I'm sure there is always more new information that could be added. There are conversations regarding the detail of certain things like "civil war" specifics, thermal remote sensing and how technical the wording is in the article. Yes there are also multiple WikiProjects working on this article. Wikipedia shows that this article is much more a team, peer reviewed collaboration that is both checked by other users and wiki bots. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bamsberry (talk • contribs) 12:49, 22 March 2018 (UTC)

Article Evaluation/Brainstorming for GRACE editing
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"...The ranging system is sensitive enough to detect separation changes as small as 10 micrometers (approximately one-tenth the width of a human hair..>>or approximately the diameter of a blood cell NASA) over a distance of 220 kilometers.[4]"

GRACE Follow-On

NASA and the GFZ Potsdam have announced a follow-on of the GRACE mission. The GRACE-FO mission will be a collaboration between NASA and GFZ and is scheduled to be launched on 28 April 2018 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg AFB, California, sharing the launch with Iridium.[33][34][12]

The orbit and the design of GRACE-FO will be very similar to GRACE. In addition to the proven microwave ranging system used on the GRACE mission, the distance between the two spacecraft of GRACE-FO will also be measured with laser ranging as a technological experiment in preparation for future satellites,>>'''marking the first time an active laser ranging interferometer will be used between two spacecraft. NASA'''.[35][36] '''The addition of the laser interferometer will allow scientists to measure the angle between the two spacecraft, allowing for increased precision and improvements in accuracy. NASA'''

'''GRACE-FO will continue monitoring Earth's gravity and climate. The mission will track changes in global sea levels, glaciers, ice sheets, as well as large lake and river water levels, and soil moisture.'''

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