GPM Loaded onto Barge
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A freshly paved concrete staging area supported a massive crane as it lifted the satellite into the cargo hold of an ocean barge.
Unloading GPM's Shipping Container
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GPM's shipping container is unloaded from the U.S. Air Force C-5 cargo plane that carried it to Japan.
Barge Carrying GPM Core to Tanegashima
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The barge carrying the GPM spacecraft arrives at Shimama Port on Tanegashima Island on Nov. 26 just before sunset. The satellite will be offloaded and transported by truck to the Space Center for processing there.
GPM Transport Team in Kitakyushu, Japan
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The NASA GPM transport team in Kitakyushu, Japan, Nov 24
"To: Japan, Love: GSFC"
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Notes written on the side of GPM's shipping container.