NASA/JAXA's GPM Observatory H-IIA Rocket Rolls Out to the Launch Pad (IMAGE)

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NASA/JAXA's GPM Observatory H-IIA Rocket Rolls Out to the Launch Pad

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The H-IIA rocket with the Global Precipitation Measurement Core Observatory aboard rolled out to Launch Pad 1 at 1:04 p.m. on Feb. 27 (Japan time) at Tanegashima Space Center, Japan. The rocket is scheduled to lift off during a launch window that opens at 3:37 a.m. (JST) on Feb. 28. (1:37 p.m. Feb. 27 EST).

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Image Credit: NASA/BIll Ingalls Text: NASA/Ellen Gray

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