China will launch the first satellite to probe the dark matter particles at the end of the year
Date: 07:46, 01-10-2015.
Almaty. September 30. Silkroadnews - In December of this year China will launch the first satellite to probe the dark matter particles, Xinhua news agency reported.
The launch will be made in December this year at an appropriate time in the Tszyutsyuan cosmodrome.
Cost of the satellite will be about $100 million. It will be the best device for the space probe, which has a wide range of observation and the most high energy resolution.
One of the goals of this unit - to monitor high-energy electrons and gamma rays using a high resolution, as well as to seek and explore dark matter particles. The satellite will operate on a sun-synchronous orbit. The weight of the payload will be about 1400 kg.
