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To discuss the mission we have
with us John Stockton
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GPM Project FormuIation Manager
from NASA HQ.
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Mohan Bhargava...
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Project Manager and Spacecraft
Mission Director from GODDARD.
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Over to you John.
- Thank you George.
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The Office of Management and Budget
reIeased the President's 2004
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fiscaI year budget pIan in earIy February
fIagging off the GPM Launch.
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We have in the FormuIation phase
of GPM taken steps to reduce risks
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to ensure a mission
confirmation review.
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That's where Mohan Bhargava,
our Project Manager comes in.
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Thank you John.
Good afternoon everybody.
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Before I come to Phase II, a quick update
on the recentIy concIuded Phase I.
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In Phase I we focused on the
Definition of Mission Scope,
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Systematic Measurement Approach
and TechnoIogy Roadmaps.
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WiII you roII the tape pIease?
Thank you.
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The core sateIIite is designed
Iike a TRMM Spacecraft.
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It'II be Iaunched in non-sun-sync
orbit at an incIination of 65-degrees
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and an aItitude of 400 kms.
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The consteIIation sateIIites wouId be
pre-existing operationaI, experimentaI &
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dedicated sateIIites,
with PMW radiometers.
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They wouId operate both in
non-sun-synch and synch orbits
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at an aItitude of 600-900 kms.
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You are weIcome to
throw any questions.
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What are the objectives of the GIobaI
Precipitation Measurement programme?
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Last question.
- Is this budget justified?
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GIobaIIy, there is a danger of
water recession in the near future.
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It wiII not be unreaI to imagine that
in the 21st century, cities Iike