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Carrier Long March 2-D rocket blasts off, sending into space the country's first Dark Matter Particle Explorer Satellite at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gansu province, Dec 17, 2015. [Photo/Xinhua] |
Facts about the dark matter satellite
Size: 1.5m*1.5m*1.2m
Weight: 1.85 metric ton
Orbit: 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit
Design life: 3 years
Source: National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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