Tag: TRMM

  • Long-lived tropical weather satellite re-enters

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    Artist’s concept of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission. Credit: NASA A 2.9-ton rainfall research satellite fell into Earth’s atmosphere Tuesday for a destructive re-entry after a 17-year mission, according to NASA. Out of fuel and destined for an uncontrolled re-entry, the U.S.-Japanese Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, or TRMM, switched off its instruments in April as…

  • Rain research satellite ends science mission, heads for re-entry

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    Artist’s concept of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission. Credit: NASA NASA has switched off research instruments aboard the long-lived Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, preparing the satellite for a destructive re-entry as soon as June and ending its 17-year run observing tropical cyclones from orbit. The TRMM satellite ran out of fuel last year and began…