GRACE Follow-On: data processing strategies, first products and continuity

The GRACE Follow-On mission is set to continue the successful data record from the original GRACE mission, which ended in mid-2017 after 15 years of successful operations and science discoveries. The twin GRACE Follow-On spacecraft launched successfully on May 22 from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base. The initial launch and early operations phase was completed in 4 days, followed by the 85-day in-orbit checkout period. In this presentation, we provide an overview of the current GRACE Follow-On status with a focus on JPL's Level-1 and Level-2 data processing strategies and verification, as well as first gravity field results derived in the early mission phase to assess to continuity from GRACE to GRACE Follow-On.