Status
Success
Rocket
Mission Details
DAMPE
The Dark Matter Particle Explorer, or DAMPE (also known as Wukong), is a Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) satellite. It is China's first space observatory.
DAMPE is a space telescope used for the detection of high-energy gamma rays, electrons, and cosmic ray ions, to aid in the search for dark matter. It was designed to look for the indirect decay signal of a hypothetical dark matter candidate called weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs).
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,400.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Location
Site 9401 (SLS-2), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China
Stats
2015
82nd orbital launch attempt
Long March 2D
26th mission
4th mission of 2015
26th successful mission