※The real time rainfall map around the Japan islands.
Watch the global Rainfall in real time!
Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation (GSMaP) has been developed by using multi satellite products. The rainfall map is provided in real time and visualized every 30 minutes on the JAXA Realtime Rainfall Watch website.
Please have a look at the website if you would like to watch the rainfall more in detail including rainfall on specified dates.
[How to use] For PC users, please hover the mouse cursor over the banner on the left. You can zoom in and out by moving the mouse wheel.
Same functions are also available for smart phone and tablet users.
What's New
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Mr. Ishida won the 2020 GEO Individual Excellence Award
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DLR and JAXA Sign the Implementing Arrangement (IA) to collaborate on DESTINY⁺ mission (DESTINY⁺: Demonstration and Experiment of Space Technology for INterplanetary voYage with Phaethon fLyby and dUst Science)
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JAXA and ASI Sign Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC)
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JAXA and ASA Sign Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC)
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[HAYABUSA2 PROJECT] Messages from our members overseas
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Successful Launch of the H-II Transfer Vehicle "KOUNOTORI9" aboard H-IIB Launch Vehicle No. 9
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Global Extreme Heavy Rainfall and Drought detected by GSMaP ∼ "JAXA Climate Rainfall Watch" website is now available∼
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Massive bushfires in Australia seen from Space
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GPM/DPR observed "Hot tower" in Typhoon Kammuri which hit Philippines
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International Space Agencies Meet to Boost Coordination toward Moon-to-Mars Exploration
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JAXA and CNES Sign Implementing Arrangement on Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) and Hayabusa2
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JAXA and DLR Make and Sign Implementing Arrangement on Martian Moons eXploration (MMX)
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Agreement with European Space Agency (ESA) for cooperation on the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission: XRISM
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CLASP2 Rocket Experiment Launched
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UNOOSA and JAXA open Fifth Round of KiboCUBE!
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New Dataset Release: GCOM-C/SGLI
Updates index
- Mar. 30, 2020 [Science & Basic] Numerical simulation technology
- Feb. 25, 2020 [JAXA Aeronautics Magazine] FLIGHT PATH No.24 "Integrated simulation technology" Added
- Jan. 29, 2020 [JAXA Aeronautics Magazine] "FLIGHT PATH" No.24
- Oct. 3, 2019 International Space Exploration Coordination Group Public Mini-Session（Live broadcast) ※Broadcast only in Japanese
- Jul. 18, 2019 HTV8 media briefing at Tanegashima Space Center
- Nov. 16, 2020 (10:00) [release]Launch of the Crew Dragon Spacecraft (Crew-1) with JAXA Astronaut NOGUCHI Soichi aboard
- Nov. 11, 2020 (11:00) [release]New Launch Date and Time of Crew Dragon Spacecraft (Crew-1) with JAXA Astronaut NOGUCHI Soichi
- Nov. 4, 2020 (15:00) [release]Results from Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter “Mio” captured during Venus flyby
- Sep. 28, 2020 (14:00) [release]JAXA and ANA launch Joint Research on Remote Sensing Observation of Atmospheric Components using Passenger Aircraft and Satellites
- Sep. 22, 2020 (09:30) [release]Study Based on Observation Data from Asteroid Explorer “Hayabusa2” Published in Nature Astronomy
- Sep. 11, 2020 (14:45) [release]Change of Schedule for the H3 Launch Vehicle Project
- Sep. 10, 2020 (16:00) [release]8K Camera on the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) Spacecraft to Take Ultra High Definition Images of Mars
- Sep. 10, 2020 (11:00) [release]GITAI and JAXA to Embark on the Co-creation of World’s First Space Robot Business
- Aug. 28, 2020 (13:30) [release]JAXA and Toyota Announce “LUNAR CRUISER” As Nickname for Manned Pressurized Rover
- Aug. 20, 2020 (18:00) [release]Successful re-entry of H-II Transfer Vehicle “KOUNOTORI9” (HTV9)
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Lowering the hurdles to space
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Hayabusa2 to clarify the origin and evolution of the solar system as well as life matter
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Forecasting future global climate
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H-II Transfer Vehicle "KOUNOTORI" (HTV) Key Space Transfer Vehicle
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The Earth needs a health check
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Achieving improved optical observations of wide-swath with high-resolution as successor of optical mission of ALOS
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BepiColombo will elucidate the mysteries of Mercury
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Enhance the functionality and performance of greenhouse gas observations
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