Saturday, March 29, 2014

Japan launched next generation satellite to track snow and rain fall

The H-IIA rocket blasted off from a southern Japanese island at 3:37 am on Friday, 28th February, 2014  (1837 GMT Thursday) as scheduled, with the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) core observatory aboard. 


The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory, which is jointly developed by NASA and the JAXA (Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency) was launched by Japan and the rocket blasted off from Japan's Tanegashima Space Center on 28th February, 2014.

For more details please visit : Japan launches satellite to track rainfall and snow
 

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