Objectives and Applications
3-year nominal mission life, 5-year goal. Study of global precipitation, evaporation, and cycling of water are changing. The mission comprises a primary spacecraft with active and passive microwave instruments, and a number of ‘constellation spacecraft with passive microwave instruments.
Full Name
Global Precipitation Measurement Mission Constellation spacecraft
Mission Status
Cancelled
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
01 Nov 2014
Mission Links
EOL Date
01 Nov 2019
Orbit Type
Inclined, non-sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
Orbit Sense
TBD
Orbit Inclination
40 deg
Orbit Altitude
635 km
Orbit Longitude
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
GMI - GPM Microwave Imager |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Atmospheric Humidity Fields | GMI |
| Cloud particle properties and profile | GMI |
| Liquid water and precipitation rate | GMI |
| Radiation budget | GMI |
| Land | Soil moisture | GMI |
| Ocean | Ocean surface winds | GMI |
| Surface temperature (ocean) | GMI |
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