GPM Launch Multimedia Package
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, 1:37 PM (EST) on 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.
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- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC)
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Writers
- Aries Keck (ADNET Systems, Inc.)
- Dalia B Kirschbaum (NASA/GSFC)
- Ellen T. Gray (NASA/HQ)
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- Ryan Fitzgibbons (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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Scientists
- Dalia B Kirschbaum (NASA/GSFC)
- Gail Skofronick Jackson (NASA/GSFC)
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Interviewees
- Ardeshir A Azarbarzin (NASA/GSFC)
- Candace C Carlisle (NASA/GSFC)
- Dalia B Kirschbaum (NASA/GSFC)
- Gail Skofronick Jackson (NASA/GSFC)
- Tom Wagner (NASA)
- Walt A. Petersen (NASA/GSFC Wallops)
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- Ryan Fitzgibbons (KBR Wyle Services, LLC)
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Missions
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GPM Launch NASA TV Event
(ID: 2014008)
Thursday, February 27, 2014 at 5:00AM
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GPM Weather Report Package
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ID: 11488 Produced Video
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Read moreJoin NASA as we count down the launch of the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission at 12:00 PM EST, Thursday, February 27, 2014. GPM is a joint mission between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and it will set a new standard in measuring rain and snow around the world. As we build up to the launch from Tanegashima Space Center in Japan, our NASA scientists will discuss the satellite's major innovations and the big questions GPM will set out to answer. Follow along on NASA Television (www.nasa.gov/ntv) and ask your big questions to the experts using #gpm on Twitter. GPM is scheduled to launch from Tanegashima Space Center at 1:07 PM EST on February 27, 2014. For more information, visit www.nasa.gov/GPM. ||
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Read moreGPM is a joint mission between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The Core Observatory will link data from a constellation of current and planned satellites to produce next-generation global measurements of rainfall and snowfall from space.The GPM mission is the first coordinated international satellite network to provide near real-time observations of rain and snow every three hours anywhere on the globe. The GPM Core Observatory anchors this network by providing observations on all types of precipitation. The observatory's data acts as the measuring stick by which partner observations can be combined into a unified data set. The data will be used by scientists to study climate change, freshwater resources, floods and droughts, and hurricane formation and tracking. ||
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