Sriharikota: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully launched X-ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat) aboard Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C58. XPoSat is India’s first satellite to study ‘Black Holes’. Following the launch, India became the second country in the world after the United States to send a specialised astronomy observatory to study black holes and neutron stars.
The satellite was launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh at 9.10 AM today. Ten other scientific payloads were also launched along with XPoSat.
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The XPoSat aims to investigate the polarisation of intense X-ray sources in space. The prime payload XPoSat is designed by Raman Research Institute and XSPECT (X-ray Spectroscopy and Timing) and is built by the U R Rao Satellite Centre, Bengaluru. The mission, designed to measure polarimetry parameters, has a life of about five years.
PSLV-C58/XPoSat Mission:
Lift-off normal ???XPoSat satellite is launched successfully.
?PSLV-C58 vehicle placed the satellite precisely into the intended orbit of 650 km with 6-degree inclination?.
The POEM-3 is being scripted …#XPoSat
— ISRO (@isro) January 1, 2024
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