DAMPE

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DAMPE is classified as:

Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 41173

Int'l Code: 2015-078A

Perigee: 480.4 km

Apogee: 495.8 km

Inclination: 97.4 °

Period: 94.2 minutes

Semi major axis: 6859 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: December 17, 2015
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)

DAMPE (The Dark Matter Particle Explorer) is the first dedicated astrophysics observatory put into orbit by China. The satellite is planned to study high-energy cosmic rays for signals hinting at hypothesized clumps of dark matter that have eluded detection for decades. Fitted with detectors sensitive to gamma rays, electrons and high-energy cosmic rays, the DAMPE satellite will scoop up particles speeding through the cosmos and measure their energy, direction and electric charge.

1 41173U 15078A   24326.13797778  .00002695  00000-0  10046-3 0  9999
2 41173  97.4405 319.2327 0011237 313.6610  46.3697 15.28275092496946

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC