Objectives and Applications
3-year nominal mission life, 5-year goal. Study of global precipitation, evaporation, and the water cycle. 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 Core spacecraft
Mission Status
Operational (extended)
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
27 Feb 2014
Mission Links
EOL Date
Sep 2026
Orbit Type
Inclined, non-sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
95 minutes
Orbit Sense
TBD
Orbit Inclination
65 deg
Orbit Altitude
407 km
Orbit Longitude
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
DPR - Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar |
| GMI - GPM Microwave Imager |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Atmospheric Humidity Fields | GMI |
| Cloud particle properties and profile | DPR, GMI |
| Liquid water and precipitation rate | DPR, GMI |
| Radiation budget | GMI |
| Land | Soil moisture | GMI |
| Ocean | Ocean surface winds | GMI |
| Surface temperature (ocean) | GMI |
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