{"id":101438,"date":"2026-05-02T12:43:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T07:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=101438"},"modified":"2026-05-02T12:43:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T07:13:18","slug":"dampe-satellite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/dampe-satellite\/","title":{"rendered":"DAMPE Satellite"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>DAMPE Satellite Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">China&#8217;s DAMPE space telescope recently made an observation on the acceleration of cosmic rays, such as nuclei of hydrogen, helium, etc., and found that the intensity of the cosmic radiation decreases more rapidly upon reaching a specific high-energy threshold.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About DAMPE Satellite<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DAMPE <\/span><b>(Dark Matter Particle Explorer)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, also known as \u201c<\/span><b>Wukong<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d, is <\/span><b>China&#8217;s first astronomical satellite.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a<\/span><b> powerful space telescope for high-energy gamma-ray, electron, and cosmic ray detection.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The satellite was <\/span><b>launched <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">into a <\/span><b>polar, sun-synchronous orbit<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with an altitude of 500 km on December 17, <\/span><b>2015<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>main scientific objective <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of DAMPE is to<\/span><b> measure electrons and photons with much higher energy resolution and energy reach<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> than achievable with existing space experiments in order to <\/span><b>identify possible dark matter signatures.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also has great potential in advancing the understanding of the<\/span><b> origin and propagation mechanism of high-energy cosmic rays,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as well as in new discoveries in high-energy gamma astronomy.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since its launch, DAMPE has recorded about 18.5 billion high-energy particle events. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><strong>:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/inshorts.com\/en\/amp_news\/china-s-dampe-satellite-throws-light-on-cosmic-ray-acceleration-1777632546181\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>IS<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DAMPE Satellite , also known as \u201cWukong\u201d, is China&#8217;s first astronomical satellite. 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