🚀 X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) is launching in 5 minutes
Launch provider SpaceX 🇺🇸
Vehicle Falcon 9
Pad LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center 🇺🇸
Mission information 🌍
Type Astrophysics
Orbit Low-Earth orbit
Vehicle information 🚀
Core B1061.5 (fifth flight ♻️)
Landing JRTI (Atlantic Ocean)
ℹ️ 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.
Launch provider SpaceX 🇺🇸
Vehicle Falcon 9
Pad LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center 🇺🇸
Mission information 🌍
Type Astrophysics
Orbit Low-Earth orbit
Vehicle information 🚀
Core B1061.5 (fifth flight ♻️)
Landing JRTI (Atlantic Ocean)
ℹ️ 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.