THE INDIAN Space Research Organisation (ISRO) began the new year with the successful launch of its first X-ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat), which will study X-ray polarisation and its cosmic sources such as black holes and neutron stars. Lifting off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota Monday morning, ISRO’s popular launch vehicle PSLV-C58 put …
ISRO XPoSat launch LIVE updates: Experiments to be performed on POEM The experiments to be performed on POEM 1. Bellatrix Aerospace, based in Bengaluru, will test Rudra 0.3 HPGP, a green monopropellant thruster, and ARKA-200, a heater-less hollow cathode for Hall thrusters. 2. InspeCity Space Labs, located in Mumbai and incubated by IIT Bombay, will …
This is India’s third mission in less than a year to explore the universe. New Delhi: Having conquered the Moon this year, India will begin 2024 with another ambitious attempt to understand more about the universe and one of its most enduring enigmas – the black hole. On the morning of January 1, India will …
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is likely to usher in the New Year, with the launch of its first polarimetry mission XPoSat likely on January 1, according to persons in the know of the matter. It will become the country’s third space-based observatory after the recently launched solar mission Aditya-L1 and AstroSat launched in 2015. …
India is gearing up to make a significant stride in space-based X-ray astronomy with the launch of its first X-ray polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat). This mission led by ISRO, aims to investigate the polarization of intense X-ray sources. With this mission, ISRO is set to establish a new benchmark in the field of astronomy. Check here …
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has announced that India is set to launch its first X-Ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat), aiming to investigate the polarisation of intense X-Ray sources. According to ISRO, while space-based X-Ray astronomy has been established in India, focusing predominantly on imaging, time-domain studies, and spectroscopy, the upcoming XPoSat mission marks a major …