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NASA completes delivery to Japan of a new international satellite

Kitakyushu , Japan - Launch scheduled in early 2014

An international satellite that will set a new standard for global precipitation measurements from space has completed a 7,300-mile (almost 12,000 km) journey from the United States to Japan, on board of a US Air Force C-5 aircraft: it now will undergo launch preparations. The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory, the size of a small private jet, is the largest satellite ever...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1156721
Rome, Italy, 11/26/2013 10:59
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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