NORAD 41173
DAMPE
Time
- Local time
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Position
- Latitude
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- Longitude
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- Altitude
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Speed
- Miles per hour
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- Kilometers per second
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- Miles per second
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From your location
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- Right ascension
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- Declination
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- Local sidereal time
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Sunlight
- Day / night
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Identity
- NORAD ID
- 41173
- International designator
- 2015-078A
- Launch date
- Dec 17, 2015
- Launch site
- Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China
- Radar size (RCS)
- Large (over 1 m²)
Radio
- Uplink
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- Downlink
- 2,227.448 MHz · FM
- Beacon
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- Mode
- FM
Active transmitters from SatNOGS DB, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Your station
- Grid locator
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Live
- Azimuth
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- Elevation
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- Range
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- Range rate
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- Naked-eye visibility
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- Sub-satellite grid
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- Footprint diameter
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Upcoming passes
Next 48 h · your local timeUse your location to predict passes.
Mutual visibility
With another station · next 48 hUse your location to find mutual windows.
Transmitters
Nominal · add location for DopplerS-band telemetry
Transmitter · FM
- Downlink
- 2,227.448 MHz
- CTCSS
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- Baud
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Recent receptions
SatNOGS Network-
Orbit data
- TLE epoch
- 2026-11-02 03:31:25 UTC
- TLE age
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Radio data from SatNOGS DB and SatNOGS Network, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Its orbit in 3D
Goes round Earth once every 94 minutes, on an orbit tilted 97.5° from the equator, between 528 and 544 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.
Drag to turn · pinch to zoom · it moves live
About DAMPE
DAMPE is a satellite from China, launched on Dec 17, 2015 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China.
It circles Earth every 94 minutes (15.3 times a day), between 465 and 480 km up, on an orbit tilted 97.5° to the equator, so its path covers latitudes up to 83° north and south.
The map shows where it is right now; the pass list tells you when it next comes over your location.
Dark Matter Particle Explorer · Chinese scientific satellite
Wikipedia article ↗ · Names and facts: Wikidata (CC0).
Orbit height over the past year
Over the last 22 days its lowest point went from 464 km to 465 km. Sudden rises are engine burns that lift the orbit; slow declines are drag from the thin upper atmosphere.
From Space-Track element sets, one point a day.