NASA-JAXA Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Spacecraft
NASA-JAXA Earth-observation orbiter launched in 1997 to measure tropical and subtropical rainfall, lightning, and precipitation structure for weather and climate research before decommissioning in 2015.
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Identity
- Aliases
- TRMMTropical Rainfall Measuring MissionTRMM satelliteTRMM spacecraftTropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite
- Family Name
- TRMM
- Full Name
- NASA-JAXA Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Spacecraft
- Roles
- orbiterearth_observationresearch
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- NASA-JAXA Earth-observation orbiter launched in 1997 to measure tropical and subtropical rainfall, lightning, and precipitation structure for weather and climate research before decommissioning in 2015.
- First Flight Year
- 1,997
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/trmm/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 14, 2026 at 06:11:40 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 14, 2026 at 06:11:40 UTC