Mission record
Falcon 9 Block 5 | X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE)
Trajectory & orbital insertion · playback
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Provider
SpaceX
Provider type
Commercial
Orbit
LEO
Mission type
Astrophysics
Launch site
United States of America
Date
Thu, 09 Dec 2021 06:00:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#6166 ever
Go probability
90%
Mission
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.
Deployed payloads · 1