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Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission

The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) was a joint space mission between NASA and JAXA designed to monitor and study tropical rainfall. The term refers to both the mission itself and the satellite that the mission used to collect data. TRMM was part of NASA's Mission to Planet Earth, a long-term, coordinated research effort to study the…

Art, Instruments aboard the TRMM & Background

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Instruments aboard the TRMM

SnowMicrowaveEarthIts atmosphereWater vapor
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El NiñoEl Niño–Southern OscillationThermohaline circulationsH-IIUnited States Congress
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Mission extensions and de-orbit

Michael GriffinNational Research Council
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Space missionNASAJAXATropicalRainfall
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Apogee altitude
381 km (237 mi)
Contractor
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
COSPAR ID
1997-074A
Deactivated
15 April 2015
Decay date
16 June 2015, 06:54 UTC
Disposal
Deorbited

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related to TRMM Microwave Imager · 18
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission → Aqua, By, Defense Meteorological Satellites, Earth, GHz, It, Japanese ADEOS II, NASA's EOS-PM, Precipitation Radar, Special Sensor Microwave/Imager, SSM/I, The, The TMI, The TRMM Microwave Imager, These, This, TMI, TRMM
related to External links · 9
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission → Archived, De-Orbit Alternatives, December, FacebookTropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, NASA's Solar System ExplorationTRMM, PDF, Profile, Report, TRMM
related to Spacecraft · 8
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission → Japan, Mission, NASA Earth Probe, North, South, The Tropical Rainfall Measuring, TRMM, United States
Apogee altitude · 1
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission → 381 km (237 mi)
Contractor · 1
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission → Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
COSPAR ID · 1
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission → 1997-074A
Deactivated · 1
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission → 15 April 2015
Decay date · 1
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission → 16 June 2015, 06:54 UTC
Disposal · 1
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission → Deorbited
Dry mass · 1
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission → 2634 kg

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trmm rainfall mission tropical earth nasa precipitation satellite global tmi system satellites instrument measuring atmosphere measurements space 2015 altitude spacecraft

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Tropical Rainfall Measuring MissionApogee altitude381 km (237 mi)1.00infobox
Tropical Rainfall Measuring MissionContractorMitsubishi Heavy Industries1.00infobox
Tropical Rainfall Measuring MissionCOSPAR ID1997-074A1.00infobox
Tropical Rainfall Measuring MissionDeactivated15 April 20151.00infobox
Tropical Rainfall Measuring MissionDecay date16 June 2015, 06:54 UTC1.00infobox
Tropical Rainfall Measuring MissionDisposalDeorbited1.00infobox
Tropical Rainfall Measuring MissionDry mass2634 kg1.00infobox
Tropical Rainfall Measuring MissionInclination35.0°1.00infobox
Tropical Rainfall Measuring MissionLaunch date27 November 1997, 21:27 UTC1.00infobox
Tropical Rainfall Measuring MissionLaunch mass3524 kg1.00infobox
Tropical Rainfall Measuring MissionLaunch siteTanegashima, LA-Y11.00infobox
Tropical Rainfall Measuring MissionMission duration18 years1.00infobox
Tropical Rainfall Measuring MissionMission typeEnvironmental research1.00infobox
Tropical Rainfall Measuring MissionOperatorNASA1.00infobox
Tropical Rainfall Measuring MissionPerigee altitude366 km (227 mi)1.00infobox
Tropical Rainfall Measuring MissionPeriod92.0 minutes1.00infobox
Tropical Rainfall Measuring MissionPower1100 watts1.00infobox
Tropical Rainfall Measuring MissionReference systemGeocentric orbit1.00infobox
Tropical Rainfall Measuring MissionRegimeLow Earth orbit1.00infobox
Tropical Rainfall Measuring MissionRocketH-II1.00infobox
Tropical Rainfall Measuring MissionSATCAT no.250631.00infobox

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