Spacetrack Directory Name | DAMPE |
Follow DAMPE | DAMPE Tracker |
Pass predictions DAMPE | Pass predictions DAMPE |
Orbit launches | 2015-12-17 g.01:00 (8 years ago) |
Days in orbit | 3266 |
Starting point | JSC (Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China) |
WWW | Here |
Categories | |
Perigee | 485 km |
Apogee | 502 km |
Orbit slope (inclination) | 97.44° |
Laps per day | 15 |
Orbit | LEO (Sun-Synchronous) |
Height DAMPE | 496.53 km |
The Dark Matter Particle Explorer, or DAMPE (also known as Wukong), is a Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) satellite which launched on 17 December 2015. The satellite was launched on a Long March 2D rocket from Launch Pad 603 at the LC-43 complex, also known as the South Launch Site, at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. It is China's first ever space observatory.
DAMPE is a space telescope used for the detection of high energy gamma rays, electrons and cosmic ray ions, to aid in the search for dark matter. It was designed to look for the indirect decay signal of a hypothetical dark matter candidate called weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs).The project is the result of a collaboration among research institutions and universities in Italy, Switzerland and China under the leadership of the Purple Mountain Observatory (PMO) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
In the table below we show the frequencies DAMPE.
Downlink | Mode |
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2227.448 MHz | FM |