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XpoSat

Santhosh Kumar 20/11/2023
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XpoSat mind map Context Planned launch December 2023 or later Mission life At least five years Overview Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) project Mission type Space observatory Purpose Study polarization of cosmic X-rays Understand source nature Including magnetic fields Other radiation properties Target 50 brightest known sources Including pulsars, black hole X-ray binaries Active galactic nuclei, supernova remnants Orbit Low Earth orbit 500–700 km altitude History Project commencement September 2017 Design and development stages Preliminary Design Review (PDR) completed September 2018 POLIX Qualification Model preparation Payloads Hosted on modified IMS-2 satellite bus Primary scientific payload Indian X-ray Polarimeter (POLIX) Thomson X-ray polarimeter Measures degree and angle of polarization Focus on medium X-ray range (8-30 keV) Secondary payload X-ray Spectroscopy and Timing (XSPECT) Measures spectroscopic information and timing Focus on soft X-rays (0.8-15 keV) Complementary to AstroSat LAXPC Objectives Understanding long-term behavior of X-ray sources Correlation of timing characteristics with spectral changes Experiment configuration Collimator, central low Z scatterer Xenon filled X-ray proportional counters Rotating along viewing axis for azimuthal distribution measurement Glossary Polarimeter Instrument measuring polarization Low Earth orbit Orbit close to Earth’s surface AstroSat India's first dedicated multi-wavelength space observatory

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