The Dark Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) rode into space on a Long March 2D rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi desert, about 1600 kilometers west of Beijing, at about 8:12 a.m. local time.
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China sent into space the country’s first space telescope to search for signals of dark matter on Thursday – invisible material that scientists say makes up most of the universe’s mass.
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The DAMPE weighs 1.9 tonnes and will orbit at a height of 500 km.
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China’s space device is equipped with the widest observation spectrum and highest energy resolution of any dark-matter probe in the world, according to Chang Jin.
So far scientists have little knowledge on dark matter, but many believe dark matter as the key to help us understand phenomena that could not be explained with current knowledge in physics.
The satellite is due to spend at least three years orbiting Earth, but designers hope that it could last five, Xinhua news agency reported. DAMPE is created to observe the incoming direction, energy, and electric charge of extremely high-energy photons and electrons that result when dark matter candidate particles called weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) annihilate.
Scientists calculate dark matter makes up about 85 percent of the mass of the universe, yet it remains undetected and a subject of intrigue in the astrophysics community.
Other experiments are on the hunt for dark matter, such as the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer attached to the International Space Station. Wukong is a fictional monkey king in the Chinese fairy tale “Journey to the West”.
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Besides searching dark matter, the satellite will also be used to study the origin of cosmic rays and observe high-energy gamma rays. Video: China is set to launch its first dark matter exploration satellite on Thursday. In the first two years after the launch of the satellite, it will scan the universe in all directions and conduct studies on areas where the dark matter can be intently scrutinized.
