ISRO Gets Ready for Its Last Mission in 2023! The Indian Space Agency Is Se­t to Send an X-Ray Polarimeter Satellite Into Space This Month

ISRO Gets Ready for Its Last Mission in 2023! The Indian Space Agency Is Set to Send an X-Ray Polarimeter Satellite Into Space This Month

Soon, the ISRO, or Indian Space Research Organization, will set out on another exciting adventure with the XPoSat, the X-ray Polarimeter Satellite mission.

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The Indian Space Research Organization created the X-ray Polarimeter Satellite. Its job? To study how cosmic X-rays are polarized.

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A special vehicle called the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) is planned to shoot it into space.

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The X-ray Polarimeter Satellite is scheduled to blast off on December 28, 2023. Its job? Exploring cosmic X-ray polarization.

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This satellite will be used to observe pulsars, active galactic nuclei, non-thermal supernova remnants, and X-ray binaries involving black holes.

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Polarimeter Instrument in X-rays (POLIX), the primary scientific payload, and X-ray Spectroscopy and Timing (XSPECT),

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