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GECAM A
GECAM A 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
GECAM A is catalogued by GCAT as a astronomy mission in the CAS program. This reconstructed record groups 2 GCAT payload or flight elements under launch 2020-094; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 9 December 2020, 20:14 UTC
- Launch location
- Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China
- Launch vehicle
- Chang Zheng 11
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (inclined)
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Current mission status
Current mission status
Now
Operational or in flight at the GCAT cutoff
Hardware
Spacecraft
GECAM A
GCAT program: CAS.
- GCAT ID
- S47234
- Manufacturer
- Shanghai weixiao weixing gongcheng zhongxin
- Launch mass
- 150 kg
- Dimensions
- 1 m long · 0.3 m diameter · 1.5 m span
GECAM B
GCAT program: CAS.
- GCAT ID
- S47235
- Manufacturer
- Shanghai weixiao weixing gongcheng zhongxin
- Launch mass
- 150 kg
- Dimensions
- 1 m long · 0.3 m diameter · 1.5 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
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