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Dark Matter Particle Explorer
Chinese scientific satellite. Dark Matter Particle Explorer was launched on December 17, 2015 aboard a Chang Zheng 2D from Jiuquan. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
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Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Wukong
- Common name
- Dark Matter Particle Explorer
- Payload designation
- DAMPE
- International designator
- 2015-078A
- NORAD catalog number
- 41173
- GCAT identifier
- S41173
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/789
Mission
- Mission type
- Astronomy
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- CAS
- Owner
- CAS
- Country
- China
- Builder
- Spaceflight East Is Red Satellite Co
- Platform (bus)
- CAST-2000?
Launch
- Date
- December 17, 2015 · 00:12 UTC
- Launch record
- 2015-078Success
- Rocket
- Chang Zheng 2D
- Spaceport
- Jiuquan · pad LC603
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/S
- Perigee
- 487 km
- Apogee
- 504 km
- Inclination
- 97.30°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- November 2022
Size
- Mass
- 1,860 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,860 kg
- Length
- 2.0 m
- Diameter
- 1.50 m
- Span
- 4.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q21775017 (CC0).