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Long March 11 | GECAM

December 9, 2020 at 8:14 PM UTC

Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

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December 9, 2020 at 8:14 PM UTC

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Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China · 28.2428, 102.0330

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Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

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December 9, 2020 at 8:05 PM UTC
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December 9, 2020 at 8:31 PM UTC
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July 8, 2023 at 8:29 AM UTC

Mission description

GECAM (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. Each satellite features a dome-shaped array of 25 Gamma-ray detectors (GRD) and 8 Charged particle detectors (CPD). Together the satellites will provide a FOV of 100% all-sky. The sensitivity of the detectors is ~2E-8 erg/cm2/s. They will provide a localization of ~1°. The detectors are sensible in the energy band from 6 keV to 5 MeV. Besides detecting the radiation from gravitatinal wave events, the satellites will also be contributing in detectiong Ultra-long GRBs, X-ray Flashes, X-ray-rich GRBs, Magnetars and Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes.

Vehicle

Long March 11

Long March

Height

20 m

Diameter

2 m

LEO capacity

500 kg

Successful launches

18

Launch complex

Mobile Launcher Pad

Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

The Xichang Satellite Launch Center is a spaceport in China. It is located in Zeyuan Town, northwest of Xichang, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan.

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Success according to CASC

December 9, 2020 at 10:08 PM UTC · spacevogel