NASA’s IXPE Mission
Recently, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched a new mission named Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE). IXPE observatory is a joint effort of NASA and the Italian Space Agency.
Mission Highlights
- Launch: IXPE was sent to its orbit from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida onboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket.
- The observatory will be orbiting around Earth’s equator at 600 kilometers altitude.
- Aim: The mission will study the most extreme and mysterious objects in the universe – supernova remnants, supermassive black holes, and dozens of other high-energy objects.
- IXPE is expected to study about 40 celestial objects in its first year ....
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