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Long March 11 | GECAM

China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationMobile Launcher Pad — Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

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mission

Name
GECAM
Type
Astrophysics
Target orbit
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

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.

schedule

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vehicle & provider

Rocket
Long March 11
Family
Long March
Provider
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Type
Government
Country
CHN

launch site

Pad
Mobile Launcher Pad
Location
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Country
CHN
Timezone
Asia/Shanghai