{"id":275922,"date":"2024-01-02T19:21:50","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T13:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=275922"},"modified":"2024-01-02T19:21:50","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T13:51:50","slug":"on-isros-c58-mission-sign-of-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/on-isros-c58-mission-sign-of-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"On ISRO\u2019s C58 mission – Sign of the future"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source:<\/strong> This post on ISRO\u2019s C58 mission has been created based on the article \u201cSign of the future\u201d<\/strong> published in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d<\/strong> on 2nd January 2024.<\/p>\n

UPSC Syllabus Topic: <\/strong>GS Paper 3 Science & Technology – Awareness in the fields of Space.<\/p>\n

News:<\/strong> The article discusses the recently launched C58 mission by ISRO.<\/p>\n

What are the recent initiatives of ISRO?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

ISRO has launched the following scientific missions since its success with Chandrayaan-3:<\/p>\n

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  1. Aditya L-1<\/strong><\/a> space probe to study the Sun.<\/li>\n
  2. X-ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat)<\/strong><\/a> to study polarised X-rays emitted in astrophysical phenomena.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    What is the XPoSat Mission?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    On January 1, ISRO launched the XPoSat, in a two-part mission, onboard a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) on its C58 flight.<\/p>\n

    XPoSat is only the second space-based experiment <\/strong>to study X-ray polarisation<\/strong>. It does this at higher x-ray energies than the other, NASA\u2019s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer.<\/p>\n

    Payloads<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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    1. POLIX payload: <\/strong>It will track X-rays in the 8-30 kilo-electron-volt (keV) energy range and observe emissions from around 50 sources in 5 years.<\/li>\n
    2. XSPECT payload: <\/strong>It will study X-rays of energy 0.8-15 keV and changes in continuous X-ray emissions.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Together, they will help ISRO study intense X-ray sources such as pulsars and black holes.<\/p>\n

      What is the second part of the C58 mission?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

      After launching XPoSat in a 650-km circular orbit around the earth, the fourth stage of the rocket lowered itself into a 350-km-high orbit and unfurled solar panels.<\/p>\n

      It thus became a satellite and an orbiting testbed for the 10 payloads <\/strong>it carried (such as a tantalum-based radiation shield, a nanosatellite, a device to measure ultraviolet radiation, etc.).<\/p>\n

      The C58 mission embodies the combined dreams of seasoned scientists, enthusiastic science students, and India\u2019s private space industry.<\/p>\n

      Question for practice:<\/strong><\/p>\n

      India\u2019s X-ray mission XPoSat has scripted history with its successful launch. What are its various payloads? How will it help enhance our understanding of the universe?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Source: This post on ISRO\u2019s C58 mission has been created based on the article \u201cSign of the future\u201d published in \u201cThe Hindu\u201d on 2nd January 2024. UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS Paper 3 Science & Technology – Awareness in the fields of Space. News: The article discusses the recently launched C58 mission by ISRO. What are… Continue reading On ISRO\u2019s C58 mission – Sign of the future<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9,31],"tags":[216,242,10498],"class_list":["post-275922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","category-science-technology","tag-gs-paper-3","tag-science-and-technology","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":8,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704230361},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275922","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\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275922\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}