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GPM Exits Thermal Vacuum Chamber
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The GPM Core Observatory completed thermal vacuum testing at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. on Jan. 16, 2013. After twelve days to carefully remove the testing equipment, stow the High Gain Antenna and GPM Microwave Imager, and...

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Posted On: 02/04/2013 - 2:06pm
GPM Launch Animation
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This animation shows the launch and deployment of the GPM Core Observatory. GPM is scheduled to launch in 2014 on an H-IIA rocket in Japan.

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Posted On: 01/22/2013 - 5:56pm
GPM Core Observatory Enters TVAC Chamber
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On Tuesday Nov. 13, 2012, the GPM observatory moved from the clean room to the thermal vacuum chamber. The spacecraft, wrapped in protective blankets, made the short trip by crane across the testing facility where it was then lowered into the 40-foot...

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Posted On: 12/10/2012 - 11:18am
GPM: Hurricanes Beyond the Tropics
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On August 28, 2011, Tropical Storm Irene hit Vermont, causing widespread damage and the worst flooding in 75 years. Irene's impact in New England shows that tropical cyclones can greatly affect regions outside the view of TRMM. The Global...

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Posted On: 08/28/2012 - 11:58am
Global Precipitation Measurement Constellation
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Nine U.S. and international satellites will soon be united by the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission, a partnership co-led by NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). NASA and JAXA will provide the GPM Core satellite to serve...

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Posted On: 06/08/2012 - 11:26am

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Thursday, January 31, 2013

GPM Completes Thermal Vacuum Testing

The GPM Core Observatory completed thermal vacuum testing at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. on Jan. 16, 2013. After twelve days to carefully remove the testing equipment, stow the High Gain Antenna and GPM Microwave Imager, and...

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Monday, December 17, 2012

GPM Continues Environmental Testing

The GPM Core spacecraft has completed hot and cold thermal balance testing in the thermal vacuum chamber at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Next it will undergo hot and cold cycle thermal vacuum testing, where the temperatures are alternatively...

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Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Core Observatory Enters TVAC Chamber

The GPM Core Observatory has moved from the clean room to the thermal vacuum chamber at NASA's Goddard Space flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. The spacecraft, wrapped in protective blankets, made the short trip by crane across the testing facility...

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Wednesday, October 17, 2012

GPM Completes First Dry Run

NASA's GPM Core Observatory satellite went through its first complete comprehensive performance test (CPT), beginning on Oct. 4, 2012 at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. The testing ran twenty-four...

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