It doesn't seem to have attracted much attention, but TRMM has http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1408/15trmm/#.U_Ee3WPF7Qw and is beginning a long, slow spiral downwards towards an eventual re-entry burn, most likely http://trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov/publications_dir/trmm_fuel_status.html.
TRMM has been in orbit since 1999, and is still http://trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov/. Its successor, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Precipitation_Measurement was launched earlier this year.
15 years is a pretty good run, especially for a satellite in LEO.
Doug M.
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