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GECAM
Long March 11
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LAUNCH SITEXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Mission
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.
- Launch vehicle
- Long March 11
- Mission type
- Astrophysics
- Destination orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
- Launch pad
- Mobile Launcher Pad
- Provider
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
The vehicle
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Launch vehicle
Long March 11
- Height
- 20 m
- Diameter
- 2 m
- Stages
- 4
- Recorded launches
- 18
- First flight
- 2015-09-25
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Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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