#xposat — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #xposat, aggregated by home.social.
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#POLIX First light!
"The POLIX payload was activated in two stages by January 10, 2024, and initial scan observations were conducted around the Crab pulsar, the intended first target. The data plotted was collected during January 15-18, 2024, and thoroughly reviewed for confirmation. The data aligns with expectations."
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A nice opinion piece on #XPoSat by same person.
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/editorials/meet-isros-new-x-ray-eye-in-the-sky-9090997/
(Article is paywalled but should be accessible with JS turned off 😛 )
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XPoSat : ISRO launches World’s Second ‘X-ray Polarimetry Space Observatory’
ISRO has successfully launched the satellite XPoSat which is world’s second ‘X-ray Polarimetry Space Observatory’............
#IndianSpaceResearchOrganisation #ISRO #Polarimetry #SpaceObservatory #Xrays #XPoSat
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#XPoSat has been cataloged.
58694 ( 24001A ), i=5.98°, A×P=653×638 km
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XPoSat : ISRO launches World’s Second ‘X-ray Polarimetry Space Observatory’
ISRO has successfully launched the satellite XPoSat which is world’s second ‘X-ray Polarimetry Space Observatory’............
#IndianSpaceResearchOrganisation #ISRO #Polarimetry #SpaceObservatory #Xrays #XPoSat
Umesh Prasad -
