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GPM-CORE

NORAD 39574 · Payload · In orbit since 2014

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Launched
2014-02-27 · Tanegashima, Japan
Country / operator
JPN (Japan)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Earth science
Mass
3,850 kg
Size
6.5 × 5 m · 13 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
424 × 438 km
Inclination
65.0°
Period
93.0 min
Eccentricity
0.0010
Orbit data
Live orbit: current tracking elements

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).

Same launch

Other objects cataloged from the same launch day and site: co-passengers and the rocket body.