Right on first day of 2024, ISRO achieves successful launch mission, places XPoSat in intended orbit

On PSLV-C58 XPoSat mission, ISRO Chief S Somanath says “So 1, January 2024, yet another successful mission of PSLV has been accomplished…”.

 

PSLV-C58/XPoSat Mission:
Lift-off normal 🙂

🛰️XPoSat satellite is launched successfully.

🚀PSLV-C58 vehicle placed the satellite precisely into the intended orbit of 650 km with 6-degree inclination🎯.

The POEM-3 is being scripted …#XPoSat

— ISRO (@isro) January 1, 2024

The launch of XPoSat by PSLV-C58 is accomplished successfully. The vehicle has placed the satellite precisely into its intended orbit.

XPoSat (X-ray Polarimeter Satellite) is the first dedicated scientific satellite from ISRO to carry out research in space-based polarisation measurements of X-ray emission from celestial sources.

It carries two payloads namely POLIX (Polarimeter Instrument in X-rays) and XSPECT (X-ray Spectroscopy and Timing). POLIX is realized by Raman Research Institute (RRI), an autonomous research institute under DST and pursuing research in basic sciences, and XSPECT is by URSC.