The H-IIA rocket blasted off from a southern Japanese island at 3:37 am on Friday, 28th February, 2014 (1837 GMT Thursday) as scheduled, with the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) core observatory aboard.
The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory, which is jointly developed by NASA and the JAXA (Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency) was launched by Japan and the rocket blasted off from Japan's Tanegashima Space Center on 28th February, 2014.
The GPM satellite is designed to collect data from several other satellites in orbit and add that to its own measurement to build up a detailed picture of precipitation around Earth. Weather forecasters say that with more detailed and complete map of rain and precipitation they will be better able to predict events like typhoons and floods.
The GPM will provide near real-time observations of precipitation every 3 hours all over the world which improves scientists' understanding of climate changes and global water cycle.
The H-IIA rocket
blasted off from a southern Japanese island at 3:37 am on Friday (1837
GMT Thursday) as scheduled, with the Global Precipitation Measurement
(GPM) core observatory aboard, JAXA said.
The satellite, jointly developed by Japan and the United States, is designed to collect data from several other satellites in orbit and add that to its own measurements to build up a detailed picture of precipitation around the planet.
Weather forecasters say that with a more detailed and complete map of rain they will be better able to predict extreme events such as typhoons and floods.
On Thursday, Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata, who is now aboard the International Space Station along with NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio and Russia's Mikhail Tyurin, told his 74,000 Twitter followers he was hoping for a smooth launch.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2014-02-japan-readies-hi-tech-global-rainfall.html#jCp
The satellite, jointly developed by Japan and the United States, is designed to collect data from several other satellites in orbit and add that to its own measurements to build up a detailed picture of precipitation around the planet.
Weather forecasters say that with a more detailed and complete map of rain they will be better able to predict extreme events such as typhoons and floods.
On Thursday, Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata, who is now aboard the International Space Station along with NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio and Russia's Mikhail Tyurin, told his 74,000 Twitter followers he was hoping for a smooth launch.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2014-02-japan-readies-hi-tech-global-rainfall.html#jCp
Thank for posting useful blog on Japan`s technology . It helps us about collection information of rainfall and snow
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