Japan to Launch Int''l Satellite to Measure Global Precipitation
Tokyo, Dec 27 (Prensa Latina) The Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) announced that it will launch the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission on Feb. 28, 2014.
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) built the satellite, which is expected to set a new standard for the measurement of global precipitation.
According to experts, the spacecraft is about the size of a small plane and was moved to southern Japan in November.
The GPM satellite will provide global precipitation data every three hours, for which it will use instruments such as the GPM microwave sensor and the dual-frequency precipitation radar.
This mission includes a network of U.S. satellites and international space agencies, and is backed by French, Japanese, Indian and European agencies.
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