Tag: GPM Core Observatory

GPM Lifts Off Aboard Japan’s H-IIA Booster
By 2014.02.27 0 Comments Read More →

GPM Lifts Off Aboard Japan’s H-IIA Booster

The joint NASA/JAXA GPM Core Observatory lifted off today from the Japanese Space Agency’s Tanagashima Launch Complex, successfully deploying from its carrier rocket moments later. Today’s launch took place aboard the H-IIA rocket, which is built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. The H-II family consists of two boosters, the H-IIA and the larger and more powerful […]

Posted in: Japanese Space
GPM Core Observatory Ready for Thursday Launch
By 2014.02.26 0 Comments Read More →

GPM Core Observatory Ready for Thursday Launch

Officials with NASA and the Japanese Space Agency JAXA have given the go ahead for tomorrow’s launch of the Global Participation (GPM) Core Observatory, a precipitation measuring satellite which will launch from Japan aboard a HII-A rocket. Liftoff is scheduled during a one hour window beginning at 1:37 pm EST, 3:37 am Japan Standard Time, […]

Posted in: Japanese Space, NASA
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