Earth orbit
HXMT
HXMT 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
HXMT is catalogued by GCAT as a astronomy mission in the CAS program. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 2017-034; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 15 June 2017, 03:00 UTC
- Launch location
- Jiuquan Space Center, Nei Monggol Zizhiqu, China
- Launch vehicle
- Chang Zheng 4B
- 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
HXMT
GCAT program: CAS.
- GCAT ID
- S42758
- Manufacturer
- Zhongguo kongjian jishu yanjiu yuan
- Launch mass
- 3,000 kg
- Dimensions
- 2 m long · 2 m diameter · 10 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
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Verification
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