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2020 · China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

GECAM

successLong 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.

Overview

Date / time
December 9, 2020 at 08:14 PM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Mobile Launcher Pad
Mission
GECAM
Mission type
Astrophysics
Orbit achieved
Low Earth Orbit
Launch vehicle
Long March 11 →
Launch provider
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation →

Payloads deployed · 2

GECAM-A
LEO
GECAM-B
LEO