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NORAD ID: 25063
Int'l Code: 1997-074A
Perigee: 406.3 km
Apogee: 407.8 km
Inclination: 35.0 °
Period: 92.6 minutes
Semi major axis: 6778 km
Launch date: November 27, 1997
Source: United States (US)
Comments: The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM), one of the spacecraft in the NASA Earth Probe series of research satellites, is a highly-focused, limited-objective program aimed at measuring monthly and seasonal rainfall over the global tropics and subtropics. TRMM is a joint project between the USA and Japan to measure rainfall between 35 degrees N and 35 degrees S at 350 km altitude.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 25063U 97074A 13142.58274557 .00018507 00000-0 25986-3 0 3300
2 25063 034.9585 204.0579 0001146 251.9350 223.9064 15.55763715883815
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for TRMM
