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Sunday, March 2, 2014

LAUNCH OF THE H-IIA WITH GPM CORE OBSERVATORY

FROM:  NASA 

H-IIA ROCKET ROLLS OUT AT TANEGASHIMA SPACE CENTER, JAPAN

A Japanese H-IIA rocket carrying the NASA-Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory rolls out to launch pad 1 at the Tanegashima Space Center, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014, Tanegashima, Japan. Once launched, 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. The rocket is scheduled to lift off during a launch window that opens at 1:37 p.m. EST on Thursday, Feb. 27 (3:37 a.m., Friday, Feb. 28 Japan time). GPM is an international satellite mission to provide next-generation observations of rain and snow worldwide every three hours. The GPM Core Observatory satellite carries advanced instruments that will set a new standard for precipitation measurements from space. The data they provide will be used to unify precipitation measurements made by an international network of partner satellites to quantify when, where, and how much it rains or snows around the world. The GPM mission will help advance our understanding of Earth's water and energy cycles, improve the forecasting of extreme events that cause natural disasters, and extend current capabilities of using satellite precipitation information to directly benefit society. Image Credit-NASA-Bill Ingalls.

JAPANESE H-IIA ROCKET LAUNCHES FROM TANEGASHIMA SPACE CENTER 

A Japanese H-IIA rocket with the NASA-Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory onboard, is seen launching from the Tanegashima Space Center on Friday, Feb. 28, 2014 (Japan Time), in Tanegashima, Japan. 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. Image Credit-NASA-Bill Ingalls.


Friday, May 18, 2012

JAXA'S GLOBAL CHANGE OBSERVATION MISSION


FROM:  JAXA
Publisher :
 Public Affairs Department
 Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
 Marunouchi Kitaguchi Building,
 1-6-5, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8260 Japan
 TEL:+81-3-6266-6400
May 18, 2012 (JST)

Global Change Observation Mission 1st - Water "SHIZUKU" (GCOM-W1)
AMSR2 Antenna Deployment

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) confirmed that the Global Change
Observation Mission 1st - Water "SHIZUKU" (GCOM-W1) successfully deployed the
antenna of the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 (AMSR2)* via image data
received at the Katsuura Tracking and Communication station.

The satellite is currently in good health.

* : Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer2 (AMSR2)
The AMSR2 measures electromagnetic waves called microwaves (six bandwidths
between 7 GHz and 89 GHz) emitted from nature, such as the ground and ocean
surface as well as objects in the atmosphere, to observe eight  geophysical
parameters (integrated water vapor, integrated cloud liquid water,
precipitation, sea surface temperature, sea surface wind speed, sea ice
concentration, snow depth, soil moisture content).