India launched the XPoSat X-ray astronomy satellite on a PSLV in early January 2024.
ISRO launched XPoSat, India’s first X-ray polarimetric mission, on 2024-01-01.
The upper stage of the PSLV that launched India’s XPoSat X-ray observatory on 2024-01-01 (UTC) has hosted a series of experiments in low Earth orbit.
PSLV-C58 launched the XPoSat satellite into an eastward low-inclination orbit on 2024-01-01 at 09:10 Hrs IST.
The Indian Space Research Organisation launched the X-ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat) on Monday, 2024-01-01 at 9:10 AM IST.
The XPoSat satellite configuration is modified from the IMS-2 bus platform.
XPoSat’s mission objective includes measuring the polarization of X-rays in the energy band 8–30 keV from about 50 potential cosmic sources using the POLIX payload via Thomson scattering.
The XPoSat satellite configuration is modified from the IMS-2 bus platform.
A Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifted off at 10:40 p.m. Eastern 2023-12-31 (9:10 a.m. local 2024-01-01) from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre to launch the XPoSat spacecraft.