LaunchesX-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE)
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X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE)
Falcon 9 · Astrophysics
2021Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center
Mission
Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) is a space observatory tasked with measuring the polarization of cosmic X-rays. This data will help to learn more about objects that emit these X-rays, such as black holes and neutron stars.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- SpaceX
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Orbit
- LEO
- Pad
- Launch Complex 39A
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2