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Update: GPM launched

Submit on Friday, February 28th, 2014 22:59

The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) launched aboard a Japanese H-IIA rocket from Tanegashima Space Center on Tanegashima Island in southern Japan. The GPM spacecraft separated from the rocket 16 minutes after launch, at an altitude of 398 kilometers. The solar arrays deployed 10 minutes after spacecraft separation, to power the spacecraft.

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