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Long March 11: GECAM

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.

Wednesday, 9 December 2020
Long March 11: GECAM

Mission Data

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
🇨🇳China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationEst. 1999
Launch VehicleLong March 11
Vehicle FamilyLong March
Vehicle Record18 of 18 launches (100%)
Provider TypeGovernment
Agency Record606 successes / 16 failures (97%)
Success Streak13 consecutive
Mission TypeAstrophysics
Target OrbitLow Earth Orbit
Launch PadMobile Launcher Pad
Location🇨🇳 Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China CHN
Orbital Launches This Year#104
Agency Launches This Year#32
Launches From This Pad8
Launches From This Site243
Status Note

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Launch updates

  1. Success according to CASC

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Launch Site

Mobile Launcher Pad · 28.2428°N 102.0329°E

Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.