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GECAM A
(Gravitational Wave High-energy Electromagnetic Counterpart All-sky Monitor) is a constellation of two small X-ray and gamma-ray all-sky observatories to search for gamma-ray counterparts to gravitational wave events. GECAM A was launched on December 9, 2020 aboard a Chang Zheng 11 from Xichang. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2020-094ANORAD 47234China
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Xiaoji
- Common name
- GECAM A
- Payload designation
- GECAM A
- Other names
- Huairou-1A
- International designator
- 2020-094A
- NORAD catalog number
- 47234
- GCAT identifier
- S47234
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/1033
Mission
- Mission type
- Astronomy
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- CAS
- Owner
- CAS
- Country
- China
- Builder
- Shanghai Engineering Center for Microsatellites, SIMIT
- Platform (bus)
- GECAM
Launch
- Date
- December 9, 2020 · 20:14 UTC
- Launch record
- 2020-094Success
- Rocket
- Chang Zheng 11
- Spaceport
- Xichang · pad LC4
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 587 km
- Apogee
- 604 km
- Inclination
- 29.00°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- February 2023
Size
- Mass
- 150 kg
- Dry mass
- 150 kg
- Length
- 1.0 m
- Diameter
- 0.30 m
- Span
- 1.5 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q111945201 (CC0).