GPM

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GPM is classified as:

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NORAD ID: 39574

Int'l Code: 2014-009C

Perigee: 432.9 km

Apogee: 449.8 km

Inclination: 65.0 °

Period: 93.3 minutes

Semi major axis: 6812 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: February 27, 2014
Source: Japan (JPN)
Launch site: TANEGASHIMA SPACE CENTER (TNSTA)

GPM (Global Precipitation Measurement) satellite fleet will help predict a range of natural cataclysms, from floods and cyclones to drought and famine. The GPM constellation includes satellites from the United States, Japan, France, India and Eumetsat, the European weather satellite agency. GPM will orbit at an altitude of 253 miles, or 407 kilometers, and fly between 65 degrees north and south latitude, peering into clouds, severe storms, cyclones and blizzards to gauge precipitation rates around the world.

1 39574U 14009C   24117.91649781  .00033406  00000-0  72792-3 0  9998
2 39574  64.9885  44.7010 0012412 263.6684  96.3043 15.44035066577133

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC