Special PR observation experiments during the TRMM satellite descending

Author

Hiroshi Hanado;Nobuhiro Takahashi;Katsuhiro Nakagawa;Toshio Iguchi;Kenji Nakamura;Kaya Kanemaru;Tomomi Nio;Susumu Saitoh;Takeshi Masaki;Tomohiko Higashiuwatoko;Naofumi Yoshida;Masahiro Kojima

Author_Institution

Applied Electromagnetic Research Institute, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan

fYear

2015

fDate

7/1/2015 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

5142

Lastpage

5145

Abstract

The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) is a joint venture between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The TRMM spacecraft was launched on November 27, 1997. In August 2001, TRMM was boosted to a higher operational altitude of 402.5 km from the initial one of 350 km, to save fuel and extend the mission life. On July 8, 2014, a significant pressure drop during the orbit maintenance maneuver indicated the exhaustion of the onboard propellant. Precipitation Radar (PR) cannot collect the scientific meaningful data by the usual operation between the satellite altitudes of 402.5 km to 350 km. In order to obtain useful knowledge on development of future space borne precipitation radar, the special observation experiments were done during the TRMM satellite descending.

Keywords

"Satellites","Spaceborne radar","Space vehicles","Extraterrestrial measurements","Remote sensing","NASA"

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2015 IEEE International

ISSN

2153-6996

Electronic_ISBN

2153-7003

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2015.7326991

Filename

7326991