ISRO on Monday efficiently launched its maiden X-Ray Polarimeter Satellite that will provide a number of insights into celestial objects like black holes.
ISRO’s ever dependable Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) in its C58 mission, positioned the first X-Ray Polarimeter satellite tv for pc XPoSat right into a 650 km Low Earth Orbit as meant after lifting off on the pre-fixed time of 9.10 am from the primary launch pad in Sriharikota.
As the 25-hour countdown concluded, the 44.4-metre-tall rocket lifted off majestically with thunderous applause from spectators who had descended right here in giant numbers at this spaceport located about 135 km east of Chennai.
PSLV-C58/XPoSat Mission:
Lift-off regular 🙂🛰️XPoSat satellite tv for pc is launched efficiently.
🚀PSLV-C58 automobile positioned the satellite tv for pc exactly into the meant orbit of 650 km with 6-degree inclination🎯.
The POEM-3 is being scripted …#XPoSat
— ISRO (@isro) January 1, 2024
The X-ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat) is aimed to examine the polarisation of intense X-ray sources in house.
According to ISRO, it’s the first devoted scientific satellite tv for pc from the house company to perform analysis in space-based polarisation measurements of X-ray emission from celestial sources.
The X-Ray polarisation serves as an important diagnostic instrument for inspecting the radiation mechanism and geometry of celestial sources.
The main payload of XPoSat is POLIX (Polarimeter Instrument in X-Rays) which is designed to measure polarimetry parameters by Raman Research Institute and XSPECT (X-ray Spectroscopy and Timing) constructed by the U R Rao Satellite Centre, Bengaluru. The Mission life is about 5 years.
ISRO may also launch the state-of-the-art three way partnership satellite tv for pc with NASA — NISAR — within the first quarter of 2024. Built at a price of $1.5 billion (almost Rs. 12,500 crore), NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) is focused for launch onboard India’s GSLV rocket.
Data from NISAR might be extremely appropriate for finding out the land ecosystems, deformation of strong earth, mountain and polar cryosphere, sea ice, and coastal oceans on a regional to world scale.
