UCS-Satellite-Database
| Id | Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | Current Official Name of Satellite | Country/Org of UN Registry | Country of Operator/Owner | Operator/Owner | Users | Purpose | Detailed Purpose | Class of Orbit | Type of Orbit | Longitude of GEO (degrees) | Perigee (km) | Apogee (km) | Eccentricity | Inclination (degrees) | Period (minutes) | Launch Mass (kg.) | Dry Mass (kg.) | Power (watts) | Date of Launch | Expected Lifetime (yrs.) | Contractor | Country of Contractor | Launch Site | Launch Vehicle | COSPAR Number | NORAD Number | Comments | Source Used for Orbital Data | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 970 | GPM Core Observatory (Global Precipitation Measurement) | GPM Core Observatory | NR | USA/Japan | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)/JAXA | Government | Earth Observation | Earth Science | LEO | Non-Polar Inclined | 0 | 392 | 409 | 1.26E-03 | 65.02 | 92.57 | 3,850 | 2014/2/27 | NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center | USA | Tanegashima Space Center | H2A | 2014-009C | 39574 | The GPM Core observatory is equipped with radar and microwave imagers to collect data to measure precipitation in the Earth's atmosphere. | SC - ASCR | http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/GPM/spacecraft/index.html#.U7bZNbHviAo |
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