IXPE Mission
Launch Status
Success
Date & Time
9 Dec 2021, 6:00am
UTC
Location
Pad
Launch Complex 39A
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Booster
B1061
5th flight (101d since last use)
Landing
Drone Ship (Just Read the Instructions)
Success
Mission
IXPE
Mission Type
Astrophysics
Destination
Low Earth Orbit
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.
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Falcon 9 IXPE
Updated: Apr 12, 11:29pm UTC
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