Vehicle: Falcon 9 Block 5Credit: SpaceX · Launch Library 2
Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) is a space observatory tasked with measuring the polarization of cosmic X-rays. This data will help to learn more about objects that emit these X-rays, such as black holes and neutron stars.
- Target orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
- Mission type
- Astrophysics