XPoSat (X-ray Polarimeter Satellite) PSLV-C58
✦ It is India’s first dedicated polarimetry mission to study various dynamics of bright astronomical X-ray sources in extreme conditions.
✦ It is a space observatory to study the polarization of X-rays from celestial sources.
✦ The spacecraft will carry two scientific payloads in a low earth orbit.
✦ Payloads POLIX (Polarimeter Instrument in X-rays) and XSPECT (X-ray Spectroscopy and Timing).
✦ The telescope was developed by the Raman Research Institute (RRI) in close collaboration with U R Rao Satellite Centre (URSC)
✦ Launched on 1st January 2024.
✦ XPoSat is the second space-based experiment dedicated to studying X-ray polarization after NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE), which was launched in December 2021.
Source: ISRO Website
