GPM Arrives in Japan Extended B-roll

  • Released Friday, January 17, 2014
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Extended b-roll of GPM's arrival in Japan and journey to Tanegashima Space Center, Japan.

Built at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., the GPM spacecraft travelled roughly 7,300 miles (11,750 kilometers) to its launch site at Tanegashima Space Center on Tanegashima Island, Japan, where it is scheduled for liftoff on Feb 27, 2014 1:07 pm (EST). GPM's Core Observatory is a joint mission between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency to study rainfall and snowfall around the globe, including weather and storms that the Core Observatory previewed on its trans-Pacific journey.

Footage of GPM arriving in Japan.

Additional footage courtesy of JAXA.

Footage of GPM traveling to Tanegashima Space Center.

Additional footage courtesy of JAXA.

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This page was originally published on Friday, January 17, 2014.
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