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GPM: For Good Measure
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The short video, 'For Good Measure' explains why scientists turn to satellites to get a worldwide view of rainfall. Click here to view the full featured story. Video Text: We plan our lives around rain. We always want to know...

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Posted On: 04/15/2013 - 3:29pm
Our Wet Wide World (GPM Overview)
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As anyone who has ever been caught in a sudden and unexpected downpour knows, gaps still exist in our knowledge about the behavior and movement of precipitation, clouds and storms. An upcoming satellite mission from NASA and the Japanese Space Agency...

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Posted On: 04/11/2013 - 3:59pm
GPM Exits Thermal Vacuum Chamber
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The GPM Core Observatory completed thermal vacuum testing at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. on Jan. 16, 2013. After twelve days to carefully remove the testing equipment, stow the High Gain Antenna and GPM Microwave Imager, and...

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Posted On: 02/04/2013 - 3:06pm
GPM Launch Animation
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This animation shows the launch and deployment of the GPM Core Observatory. GPM is scheduled to launch in 2014 on an H-IIA rocket in Japan.

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Posted On: 01/22/2013 - 6:56pm
GPM Core Observatory Enters TVAC Chamber
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On Tuesday Nov. 13, 2012, the GPM observatory moved from the clean room to the thermal vacuum chamber. The spacecraft, wrapped in protective blankets, made the short trip by crane across the testing facility where it was then lowered into the 40-foot...

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Posted On: 12/10/2012 - 12:18pm

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GPM MISSION UPDATES

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

3rd NOAA User Workshop on GPM: Proving Ground

The 3rd NOAA User Workshop on the Global Precipitation Measurement Mission: Proving Ground was held from April 2 - 4th at the Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC), University of Maryland in College Park, MD. The 3-day workshop was...

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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

2013 PMM Science Team Meeting

The NASA Precipitation Measurement Missions (PMM) Science Team for the TRMM and GPM missions met on March 18-21, 2013 in Annapolis, MD. This meeting included oral, poster, and evening working group sessions covering mission/program status,...

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Friday, March 15, 2013

GPM Undergoes Electromagnetic Testing

The GPM Core Observatory is continuing its environmental testing program at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Following the completion of thermal vacuum testing in January 2013, the Core Observatory team started the Electromagnetic Interference (...

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Thursday, January 31, 2013

GPM Completes Thermal Vacuum Testing

The GPM Core Observatory completed thermal vacuum testing at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. on Jan. 16, 2013. After twelve days to carefully remove the testing equipment, stow the High Gain Antenna and GPM Microwave Imager, and...

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