[FPSPACE] TRMM rescued from the jaws of reentry

[Keith Gottschalk]

This is  good news. I bet that Brazil, the Carribean,
huge swathes of Africa, India & Indonesia can all benefit from this. I  presume that NOAA shares lots of its data.

Keith

>>> DwayneDay <zirconic1 at earthlink.net> 08/07/04 16:40 PM >>>
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46713-2004Aug6.html

NOAA Chief Wins Reprieve for Weather Satellite 
NASA Agrees to Keep TRMM in Orbit Through Hurricane Season and Will Consider Extending Mission 

By Guy Gugliotta
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, August 7, 2004; Page A13 

Two federal agencies have granted a key research and weather satellite a five-month reprieve in orbit -- until at least the end of the year -- to keep it tracking tropical storms during the hurricane season, officials said yesterday.