| A | B |
|---|---|
| X-ray Polarimeter satellite (XPoSat) in deployed configuration | … |
| Names | XPoSat |
| Mission type | X-ray polarimetry |
| Operator | ISRO |
| COSPAR ID | 2024-001A |
| SATCAT no. | 58694 |
| Website | www.isro.gov.in/XPoSat.html |
| Mission duration | Planned : 5 years Elapsed : 2 years, 8 months, 3 days1 |
| Spacecraft properties | … |
| Spacecraft | X-ray Polarimeter Satellite |
| Bus | Modified IMS-22 |
| Manufacturer | Raman Research Institute U R Rao Satellite Centre |
| Launch mass | 480 kg (1,060 lb)3 |
| Payload mass | 144 kg (317 lb)3 |
| Dimensions | 65 × 65 × 60 cm (26 × 26 × 24 in) |
| Power | 1260 watts3 |
| Start of mission | … |
| Launch date | 1 January 2024, 9:10 AM IST (3:40 UTC)4 |
| Rocket | PSLV-DL56 |
| Launch site | Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad |
| Contractor | ISRO |
| Orbital parameters | … |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Perigee altitude | 638 km |
| Apogee altitude | 653 km |
| Inclination | 6°37 |
| Period | 97.61 minutes |
| Instruments | … |
| Polarimeter Instrument in X-rays (POLIX) X-ray Spectroscopy and Timing (XSPECT) | … |
XPoSat Logo | … |
X-ray Polarimeter Satellite
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Footnotes
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Dutt, Anonna (21 December 2023). “ISRO to usher in New Year with XPoSat launch”. The Indian Express. Retrieved 25 December 2023. ↩
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“ISRO announces Seven Mega Missions”. GK Today. 20 May 2019. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2021. ↩
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XPoSat User Meet. 25 May 2023. Event occurs at 1 hour 5 minutes 34 seconds. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4
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Mandal, Annu (22 December 2023). “ISRO to launch of XPoSat mission on January 1, 2024, to study polarisation along with NASA”. Financial Express. Retrieved 27 December 2023. ↩
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Volosín, Juan I. Morales. “XPoSat: PSLV-DL”. Everyday Astronaut. Retrieved 2 January 2024. ↩
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“ISRO to study black holes; launch of X-Ray Polarimeter Satellite today”. mint. 31 December 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024. ↩
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Kumar, Chethan (30 November 2023). “XPoSat set to revolutionize x-ray astronomy: Isro”. The Times of India. TNN. Retrieved 25 December 2023. ↩