Nasa statellite falls explodes over S Philippines

ZAMBOANGA  CITY:
A satellite launched by Nasa in 1997 to
observed rainfallrates on Earth has fallen
backand disintegrated over the sky in
southern Philippines on Sunday air force
and police authorities said.

It said the satellite a joint project by the
National Aeronauties and Space
Administration or Nasa and Japan Aero-
space Exploration Agency or Jaxa called
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission ,or
TRMM was launched to observed rainfall
rates over the tropics and subtropics where
two thirds of the world 's rainfall occurs.

The spacecraft operated by Nasa explodes
and disintegrated in the atmosphere the
provincial police said

The Philippines Air Forces 3 Air Division
said it has deployed aircraft to search for
debris over a mountainous area in Sultan
Kudarat,but cut this short due to the weather.

Philippines media ran an unverified report
from villages that an unidentified aircraft
exploded in mid-air before crashing into
the mountains

The TRMM carried the first precipitation
radar flown in space,which returned data
that were made into 3-Dimagery ,enabling
scientists to see the internal structure of
storms for the first time
DAILY EXPRESS.