Global Precipitation Measurement

NASA and JAXA spacecraft for measuring global rainfall. Global Precipitation Measurement was launched on February 27, 2014 aboard a H-IIA 202 from Tanegashima. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.

COSPAR 2014-009CNORAD 39574United States

Identity

Name in GCAT: GPM Core
Common name: Global Precipitation Measurement
Payload designation: GPM
International designator: 2014-009C
NORAD catalog number: 39574
GCAT identifier: S39574

Mission

Mission type: Earth science
Use: Civil government
Program: Earth Probe
Owner: GSFC
Country: United States
Builder: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Platform (bus): GPM

Launch

Date: February 27, 2014 · 18:37 UTC
Launch record: 2014-009Success
Rocket: H-IIA 202
Spaceport: Tanegashima · pad Y

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): LLEO/I
Perigee: 383 km
Apogee: 400 km
Inclination: 65.01°
Status: In orbit
Last known active: February 2023

Size

Mass: 3,850 kg
Dry mass: 3,200 kg
Length: 6.5 m
Diameter: 5.00 m
Span: 13.0 m

Launched together

ShindaiSatTechnology · Shinshu U ITF-1Technology · Tsukuba U OPUSatTechnology · Osaka Pref. U.TeikyoSat-3Biology · Teikyo INVADEREducation · Tama Hayato-2Technology · Kagoshima U Space Tethered Autonomous Robotic Satellite IITechnology · Kagawa U

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q3108963 (CC0).