The TRMM rainfall mission comes to an end after 17 years
Submit on Friday, April 10th, 2015 22:57
In 1997 when the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, or TRMM, was launched, its mission was scheduled to last just a few years. Now, 17 years later, the TRMM mission has come to an end. NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) stopped TRMM’s science operations and data collection on 8 April after the spacecraft depleted its fuel reserves.
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