Earth orbit
DAMPE
DAMPE is catalogued by GCAT as a astronomy mission in the CAS program.
Operational or in flight at the GCAT cutoff
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The mission
DAMPE is catalogued by GCAT as a astronomy mission in the CAS program. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 2015-078; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 17 December 2015, 00:12:04 UTC
- Launch location
- Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China
- Launch vehicle
- Chang Zheng 2D
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (Sun-synchronous)
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Current mission status
Current mission status
Now
Operational or in flight at the GCAT cutoff
Hardware
Spacecraft
DAMPE
GCAT program: CAS.
- GCAT ID
- S41173
- Manufacturer
- DFHZ?
- Launch mass
- 1,860 kg
- Propulsion
- AOCS
- Dimensions
- 2 m long · 1.5 m diameter · 4 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
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Verification
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