{"id":275810,"date":"2024-01-02T17:47:18","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T12:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=275810"},"modified":"2024-01-02T17:47:18","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T12:17:18","slug":"xposat-mission-launched-by-isro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/xposat-mission-launched-by-isro\/","title":{"rendered":"XPoSat Mission launched by ISRO"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source-<\/strong> This post is based on the article “ISRO successfully launches PSLV-C58 XPoSat mission<\/strong>” published in “The Hindu”<\/strong> on 1st January 2024.<\/p>\n

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

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully launched the PSLV-C58 X-ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat) mission<\/strong> on January 1, 2024<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

What is XPoSat Mission?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\"XPoSat\"
Source-<\/strong> Wikipedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Specifications<\/strong><\/td>\nDetails<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
What is it?<\/strong><\/td>\nXPoSat is ISRO’s inaugural scientific satellite solely dedicated to space-based polarization measurements of X-ray emissions from celestial sources.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Launched on\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n1 January 2024<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rocket\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\nPSLV-C58<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Payloads<\/strong><\/td>\n1) POLIX<\/strong> (Polarimeter Instrument in X-rays)- it will measure the polarimetry parameters (degree and angle of polarization) in medium X-ray energy range of 8-30 keV photons of astronomical origin.
\n2) XSPECT<\/strong> (X-ray Spectroscopy and Timing)- it will give spectroscopic information and observe several types of sources such as X-ray pulsars, blackhole binaries, low-magnetic field neutron star etc.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Significance<\/strong><\/td>\n1) It is India\u2019s first and the world\u2019s second polarimetry mission<\/strong>, after NASA\u2019s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE).
\n2) XPoSat will become India\u2019s third space-based observatory<\/strong> after the recently launched solar mission Aditya-L1<\/strong> and AstroSat<\/strong> launched in 2015.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
For more information on XPoSat Click here to read<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

What are the other 10 Payloads onboard PSLV C58 Rocket?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

1) ISRO has utilized the PSLV Orbital Experimental Module (POEM) platform for the third time<\/strong> to achieve the objectives of 10 other payloads.<\/p>\n

2) Under this, after injecting XPoSat in its orbit, the fourth stage of the launch vehicle<\/strong> was fired twice to bring it down to 350-km orbit where it will be used as a platform for experiments<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

3) Among these 10 payloads the Fuel cell Power System (FCPS) payload <\/strong>(designed by ISRO\u2019s Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre)\u00a0is significant as it has potential applications in India\u2019s space station<\/strong> which is proposed to come up by 2035.<\/p>\n

4) POEM’s experiments include the Women Engineered Satellite (WESAT)<\/strong> by LBS Institute of Technology for Women, which examines solar irradiance and UV index.<\/p>\n

5) Additional experiments cover radiation shielding, amateur radio, three propulsion systems by space start-ups, an inter-planetary dust count experiment by Physical Research Laboratory, and a silicon-based high-energy cell<\/strong> by VSSC.<\/p>\n

What is ISRO’s ‘POEM’ Platform?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Click Here to read more<\/a><\/p>\n

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

Source- This post is based on the article “ISRO successfully launches PSLV-C58 XPoSat mission” published in “The Hindu” on 1st January 2024. Why in the News? The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully launched the PSLV-C58 X-ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat) mission on January 1, 2024. What is XPoSat Mission? Specifications Details What is it?… Continue reading XPoSat Mission launched by ISRO<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10367,"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":[11872,10498],"class_list":["post-275810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":103,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704222303},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275810","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\/10367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275810\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}