DAMPE Mission
Launch Status
Success
Date & Time
17 Dec 2015, 12:12am
UTC
Location
Pad
Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603)
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Mission
DAMPE
Mission Type
Astrophysics
Destination
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
The DArk Matter Particle Explorer will be launched into a sun-synchronous orbit at a 500km altituder to study high energy electrons and photons. DAMPE is one of five missions in China's Strategic Pioneer Research Program
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