The Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission (TRMM) is a joint U.S. and Japan mission to observe tropical rainfall, which was launched by H-II No. 6 from Tanegashima in Japan at 6:27 JST on November 28, 1997. After the two-month commissioning of TRMM satellite and instruments, the original nominal mission lifetime was three years. In fact, the operations has continued for approximately 17.5 years. This paper provides a summary of the long term operations of TRMM.


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    Title :

    Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission (TRMM) Operation Summary


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    International Electric Propulsion Conference (IEPC) ; 2015 ; Hyogo, Japan
    International Symposium on Space Technology and Science (ISTS) ; 2015 ; Hyogo, Japan
    Nano-Satellite Symposium (NSAT) ; 2015 ; Hyogo, Japan


    Publication date :

    2015-07-04


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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