Official website (NASA) - science.nasa.gov/mission/gpm
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Global Precipitation Measurement on Wikipedia
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Official website (NASA) - science.nasa.gov/mission/gpm
Official website Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) - jaxa.jp/countdown/f23
Global Precipitation Measurement on Wikipedia
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GPM rocket launch
Published on Feb 27, 2014
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Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Launch 27 February 2014. A Japanese H-IIA rocket with the NASA-Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory onboard, is seen launching from th Tanegashima Space Center, Friday, Feb. 28, 2014, Tanegashima Space Center. The GPM spacecraft will collect information that unifies data from an international network of existing and future satellites to map global rainfall and snowfall every three hours.
Completed: 27 February 2014
Video Editor: Rich Melnick (HTSI)
Producer: Ryan Fitzgibbons (USRA)
Project Support: Aaron E Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
https://youtu.be/HWCQqBDo7S8
GPM launch coverage
Published on Mar 5, 2014
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A Japanese H-IIA rocket with the NASA-Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory aboard, launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan on Friday, Feb. 27, 2014, at 1:37 p.m. EST (3:37 a.m. Feb. 28, local time). The GPM spacecraft will collect information that unifies data from an international network of existing and future satellites to map global rainfall and snowfall every three hours.
This video shows GPM live launch coverage from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., featuring Aries Keck, Dalia Kirschbaum, Walt Petersen and Tom Wagner.