Table 1

The orbital characteristics of the satellites and the onboard instruments.

Satellite Mean altitude (km) Orbital period (min) TEC sampling rate (Hz) Ne sampling rate (Hz) Orbit
GRACE 395 94.5 1/10 1 Polar
SWC 460 96 1 2 Polar
SWB 515 96 1 2 Polar

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