By: Laura Petroff

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Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
By Laura Petroff
2nd Period December 2006
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who made it?
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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What is the size of the satellite?
Weigh 7,920 lbs (3,600 kg.) and about 17 feet
tall (about 5 meters) and 12 feet (3.6 meters)
in diameter. The battery power subsystem will
provide 1,100 watts of load power to the sat
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what kind of orbit does it follow?
low- altitude orbit of 217 miles (350
kilometers)
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What will it measure, how will it measure?
TRMM's orbit will range between 35 degrees north
and 35 degrees south of equator, allowing TRMM
to fly over each position on the earth's
surface at a different local time each day.
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resources
I used the poster. ?
http//www.jaxa.jp/missions/projects/sat/eos/trmm/
index_e.html
http//kids.earth.nasa.gov/trmm/
http//trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov/