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NORAD 39574

GPM

📡 Radar viewIn orbit
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Its orbit in 3D

Goes round Earth once every 93 minutes, on an orbit tilted 65.0° from the equator, between 4,120,649 and 4,155,008 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.

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About GPM

GPM is a satellite from Japan, launched on Feb 27, 2014 from Tanegashima Space Center.

It circles Earth every 93 minutes (15.4 times a day), between 424 and 441 km up, on an orbit tilted 65.0° to the equator, so its path covers latitudes up to 65° north and south.

The map shows where it is right now; the pass list tells you when it next comes over your location.

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Orbit height over the past year

Over the last 22 days its lowest point went from 423 km to 425 km. Sudden rises are engine burns that lift the orbit; slow declines are drag from the thin upper atmosphere.

Lowest point (perigee)Highest point (apogee)
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From Space-Track element sets, one point a day.