Planned: 3 years Elapsed: 10 years, 2 months, 14 days
Spacecraft properties
Manufacturer
NASA GSFC / Ball Aerospace / JAXA / NICT / NEC Toshiba Space Systems
Launch mass
3,850 kilograms (8,490 lb)
Power
1.95 kW
Start of mission
Launch date
February 27, 2014, 18:37 (2014-02-27UTC18:37) UTC
Rocket
H-IIA 202 F-23
Launch site
Tanegashima Yoshinobu 1
Contractor
Mitsubishi
Orbital parameters
Reference system
Geocentric
Regime
Low Earth
Semi-major axis
6,779 kilometres (4,212 mi)
Perigee altitude
400.9 kilometres (249.1 mi)
Apogee altitude
415.3 kilometres (258.1 mi)
Inclination
65°
Period
92.60 minutes
Epoch
26 March 2017
Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) is a joint mission between JAXA and NASA as well as other international space agencies to make frequent (every 2–3 hours) observations of Earth's precipitation. It is part of NASA's Earth Systematic Missions program and works with a satellite constellation to provide full global coverage. The project provides global precipitation maps to assist researchers in improving the forecasting of extreme events, studying global climate, and adding to current capabilities for using such satellite data to benefit society.[1] GPM builds on the notable successes of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM), which was also a joint NASA-JAXA activity.
The project is managed by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, and consists of a GPM Core Observatory satellite assisted by a constellation of spacecraft from other agencies and missions.[2] The Core Observatory satellite measures the two and three dimensional structure of Earth's precipitation patterns and provides a new calibration standard for the rest of the satellite constellation. The GPM Core Observatory was assembled and tested at Goddard Space Flight Center, and launched from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan, on a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H-IIA rocket. The launch occurred on February 28, 2014, at 3:37 am JST on the first attempt.[3] Agencies in the United States, Japan, India and France (together with Eumetsat) operate the remaining satellites in the constellation for agency-specific goals, but also cooperatively provide data for GPM.[2]
^"The Global Precipitation Measurement Mission". NASA. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
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JAXA's ALOS satellite. Both Brazil and Japan are members of the GlobalPrecipitationMeasurement project. On 21 October 2020, Brazil was invited by the United...
total water on the planet; 78% of globalprecipitation occurs over the ocean, and it is the source of 86% of global evaporation". Important physical processes...
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availability of the SAPHIR data of Meghatropiques mission for the GlobalPrecipitationMeasurement (GPM). "MOSDAC-ISRO-Meteorological and Oceanographic Satellite...
Eischeid, J. K. (1992-07-01). The Global Historical Climatology Network: Long-term monthly temperature, precipitation, sea level pressure, and station...
2023-11-08. "Flying Through Hurricanes with Robbie Hood". NASA GlobalPrecipitationMeasurement (GPM). Retrieved 2023-11-08. "Meet Robbie E. Hood: Atmospheric...
"The Dragon" Cyclonic Storm System in the Middle East | NASA GlobalPrecipitationMeasurement Mission". gpm.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2023-10-31. "Violent cyclone...
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