{"id":271898,"date":"2023-12-01T19:58:43","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T14:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=271898"},"modified":"2023-12-01T20:00:01","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T14:30:01","slug":"x-ray-polarimeter-satellite-xposat-mission-isro-is-set-to-launch-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/x-ray-polarimeter-satellite-xposat-mission-isro-is-set-to-launch-it\/","title":{"rendered":"X-ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat) Mission: ISRO is set to launch it"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: <\/b>The post is based on the article <\/span>\u201cX-ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat) Mission: ISRO is set to launch it\u201d<\/b> published in<\/span> \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 1st December 2023<\/b><\/p>\n

Why in the News?<\/h2>\n

The Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO) has announced a plan to launch its first X-ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat) Mission.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is XPoSat Mission?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Specifications<\/b><\/td>\nDetails<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
To be launched by<\/b><\/td>\nISRO<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Full Form<\/b><\/td>\nX-Ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat)\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Objectives<\/b><\/td>\n1)To measure X-ray polarization from X-ray sources.
\n<\/span>2)To conduct long-term studies of the spectral and temporal characteristics of cosmic X-ray sources.
\n3)It will supplement the traditional time and frequency domain studies.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Launch Vehicle<\/b><\/td>\nPolar Satellite Launch Vehicle(PSLV)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Duration of Mission<\/b><\/td>\nFive Years<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
To be placed in<\/b><\/td>\nLow Earth Orbit<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Payloads<\/b><\/td>\n1) <\/span>POLIX (Polarimeter Instrument in X-rays)<\/b>: It <\/span>will measure the polarimetry parameters (degree and angle of polarization) in medium X-ray energy range of 8-30 keV photons of astronomical origin<\/span>.
\n<\/span>2) It is being developed by Raman Research Institute(RRI),Bangalore in collaboration with U R Rao Satellite Centre(URSC).<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1) <\/span>XSPECT (X-ray Spectroscopy and Timing<\/b>): It will give spectroscopic information (on how light is absorbed and emitted by objects). It would observe several types of sources such as X-ray pulsars, blackhole binaries, low-magnetic field neutron star etc.
\n<\/span>2) It <\/span>was developed by the U.R.Rao Satellite Centre,ISRO.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Significance<\/b><\/td>\n1)It is India\u2019s first and the world\u2019s second polarimetry mission.
\n<\/span>2)<\/span>The other such major mission is NASA\u2019s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) that was launched in 2021.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

UPSC Syllabus:<\/strong> Science and Technology<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cX-ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat) Mission: ISRO is set to launch it\u201d published in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 1st December 2023 Why in the News? The Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO) has announced a plan to launch its first X-ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat) Mission. What is XPoSat Mission? Specifications Details… Continue reading X-ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat) Mission: ISRO is set to launch it<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-271898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":8,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1701458280},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271898\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}