NASA’s Next Satellite For Better Weather Forecasting:-
NASA and JAXA create the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory Satellite for international weather and give precipitation updates around the world.New satellite, a partnership between NASA and Japan’s space agency JAXA, will provide accurate predictions about weather, famine and storms.
GPM will launch in February 2014.New satellite have two radars and a microwave which make it much more powerful.GPM will be the first satellite to measure falling snow.
The Tropical Rainfal Measuring Mission (TRMM) in 1997 had held the record as the largest satellite,the GPM Core Observatory breaks that record with,
- height:- 21 feet
- wingspan:- 43 feet
- weight:- 8500 lbs
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