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The X-ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat) was launched today i.e. January 1 at 09:10 AM from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. It will be launched into low Earth orbit by PSLV rocket. The satellite will collect X-ray data and study black holes and neutron stars.
It is also India's first and world's second polarimetry mission after NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) launched in 2021.
XPoSat has two payloads, Pollux and EXPECT, for the study of black holes and neutron stars. Apart from this, payloads from space technology startups Dhruv Space, Bellatrix Aerospace, TM2 Space have also been sent with the PSLV rocket. A total of 10 payloads have been sent with this rocket.
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