GPM weather observatory successfully launched

The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory was launched last Thursday aboard a Japanese H-IIA rocket that blasted off from Tanegashima Space Center on Tanegashima Island in southern Japan. Weighing in at 4-ton, the GPM is the largest spacecraft ever built at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and will help provide a more detailed picture of the Earth's precipitation to assist climate scientists and help improve forecasting of extreme weather events... Continue Reading GPM weather observatory successfully launched



Section: Space



Tags: Climate, Goddard Space Flight Center, Japan, JAXA, NASA, Satellite, Spacecraft, Weather



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