India Commences 2024 With Successful Launch Of ISRO's XPoSat Mission (IN PICS)

ISRO successfully launched its first X-Ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat) on Monday, which will provide many insights into celestial objects, including black holes and neutron stars.

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This is the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) first space mission on January 1.

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The 44.4-metre-tall rocket, India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-C58 (PSLV-C58), blasted off at 9:10 am from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh with a mass of 260 tons.

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The rocket carried XPoSat and ten other experimental payloads on its fourth stage. The mission life is around five years.

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After the launch, ISRO Chief S Somanath said, "Happy New Year to all of you. So, on January 1, 2024, PSLV completed yet another successful mission. PSLV-C58 successfully orbited the primary satellite XPoSat."

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The ISRO's XPoSat is the first dedicated scientific satellite designed to research space-based polarisation measurements of X-ray radiation from celestial sources.

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XPoSat's primary payload is POLIX (Polarimeter Instrument in X-Rays) and XSPECT (X-ray Spectroscopy and Timing).

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XPoSat's primary goals are to measure X-ray polarisation, to conduct long-term spectral and temporal investigations of cosmic X-ray sources, and to conduct polarisation and spectroscopic measurements of X-ray emissions from celestial sources.

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