DAMPE

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DAMPE is classified as:

Space & Earth Science

NORAD ID: 41173

Int'l Code: 2015-078A

Perigee: 483.9 km

Apogee: 500.6 km

Inclination: 97.4 °

Period: 94.3 minutes

Semi major axis: 6863 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   24115.20113811  .00003708  00000-0  14291-3 0  9995
2 41173  97.4290 108.9697 0012197 341.2493  18.8295 15.26899010464744

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC