GPM
Spacecraft · Japan
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Joint US-Japanese Global Precipitation Measurement satellite; carried the JAXA/NICT/NEC Toshiba Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar and the GSFC/Ball GPM Microwave Imager. The satellite was built by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and registered as a US satellite.
Subtopics
- GPM-Core Earth Observing satellite built by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center for NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, JAXA, Japan. Launched 2014.
Related
- Family
- Earth
- Country
- Japan
- Launch Vehicles
- H-IIA 202
- Launch Sites
- Tanegashima Y
Chronology
1 event
2014 February 27
18:37 GMT - . Launch Site: Tanegashima. Launch Complex: Tanegashima Y. LV Family: H-2. Launch Vehicle: H-IIA 202.- GPM-C - .
Mass: 3,850 kg (8,480 lb). Nation: Japan.
Class: Earth.
Type: Climate Satellite. Spacecraft: GPM.
USAF Sat Cat: 39574 . COSPAR: 2014-009C. Apogee: 405 km (251 mi). Perigee: 392 km (243 mi). Inclination: 65.02 deg. Period: 92.53 min.
Joint US-Japanese Global Precipitation Measurement satellite; carried the JAXA/NICT/NEC Toshiba Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar and the GSFC/Ball GPM Microwave Imager. The satellite was built by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and registered as a US satellite.