| Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | GPM Core Observatory (Global Precipitation Measurement) |
| Country of Operator/Owner | USA/Japan |
| Operator/Owner | NASA/JAXA |
| Users | Government |
| Purpose | Earth Science |
| Class of Orbit | LEO |
| Type of Orbit | |
| Longitude of GEO (degrees) | 0 |
| Perigee (km) | 392 |
| Apogee (km) | 409 |
| Eccentricity | 0.0012554464219777 |
| Inclination (degrees) | 65.02 |
| Period (minutes) | 92.57 |
| Launch Mass (kg.) | 3850 |
| Dry Mass (kg.) | |
| Power (watts) | |
| Date of Launch | 27-02-2014 |
| Expected Lifetime | |
| Contractor | NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Country of Contractor | USA |
| Launch Site | Tanegashima Space Center |
| Launch Vehicle | H2A |
| COSPAR Number | 2014-009C |
| NORAD Number | 39574 |
| Comments | The GPM Core observatory is equipped with radar and microwave imagers to collect data to measure precipitation in the Earth´s atmosphere. |