Payload
GPM-CORE
OperationalPayloadLEONORAD 39574
GPM-CORE is a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)/JAXA payload satellite, launched on February 27, 2014 into LEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- February 27, 2014 at 06:37 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Tanegashima, Japan
- Launched by
- H-IIA 202 →
- Operator
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
- Mission
- GPM Core
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 441 km
- Periapsis
- 425 km
- Inclination
- 64.97°
- Orbital period
- 93.24 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 14, 2026 at 10:43 AM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)/JAXA
- Manufacturer
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 3,850 kg
- Dimensions
- 6.5 × 5 × 5 m
- Detailed purpose
- Earth Science
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2014-009C
- NORAD catalog №
- 39574
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Japan- Radar cross-section
- 8.104 m²
- Status
- Operational