Here are the most recent updates on India’s inaugural space mission of 2024, the ISRO XPoSat launch.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully launched the X-ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat) in its first space mission of 2024. The satellite, which took off at 9:10am from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, marks a significant milestone in India’s space exploration journey. Following the Chandrayaan-3 and Aditya L1 missions, this launch represents another historic achievement for the Indian space department. With the deployment of this satellite, India will join the United States as the second country in the world to send a dedicated astronomy observatory to investigate black holes and neutron stars within our galaxy.
Objective Of Mission:-
The primary goal of the PSLV-C58 mission is to assess the polarization of X-rays within the energy range of 8-30 keV originating from approximately 50 potential cosmic sources. This mission aims to conduct extensive spectral and temporal investigations of cosmic x-ray sources, with the X-ray polarization playing a vital role in examining the radiation mechanism and celestial source geometry.
