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The journey of ISRO

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Since humanity came into existence, we all have been looking up at the sky. Searching for what is above & beyond, searching for the truth. A long time ago in India, a small group of scientist humbly began their search beyond the sky, carrying parts of rockets in bi-cycles and also using bullock carts for space experiments. Who would have thought in just a few decades, this small start-up will make history. The journey of ISRO ARYABHAT to GAGANUAAN.  #ISRO "24 September 2014" India shocked the world as India's satellite Mangalyaan , after travelling for 10 months in space, entered Mars orbit.  Thus becoming, the first country to reach Mars on its maiden attempt, while Russia had to face 9 failed missions before reaching Mars. Now the world knows this Indian space agency as, Indian Space Research organisation or ISRO . To understand the journey of ISRO  let's turn back time. 1957, the launch of the first satellite Sputnik 1 by the USSR, inspired the wor...
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ISRO to launch XPoSat and 10 other payloads on January 1 ISRO to launch XPoSat and 10 other payloads on January 1 The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to launch the PSLV-C58 X-ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat) mission on January 1, 2024. The PSLV will launch XPoSat and 10 more payloads. The rocket will lift off at 9.10 a.m. from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. XPoSat 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 has been developed by Raman Research Institute and XSPECT is by Space Astronomy Group of URSC, Bengaluru. The PSLV will also launch 10 payloads developed by start-ups, education institutions and ISRO centres. They are the Radiation Shielding Experimental Module (RSEM) by TakeMe2Space, Women...
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ISRO's XPoSat Mission: Unlocking the Mysteries of Black Holes and Neutron Stars

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  The Indian Space Research Organisation ( ISRO ) is all set to launch its first polarimetry mission, XPoSat, on January 1, 2024 at 9:15 AM IST⁵. The X-Ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat) will be onboard a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)-C58 ⁵. The mission aims to study black hole emissions and neutron stars ¹²³. The XPoSat mission is a significant milestone in India's space exploration journey. It is a collaborative effort between ISRO and the Raman Research Institute (RRI) ⁴. The satellite is equipped with a payload called POLIX, which is an X-ray polarimeter for astronomical observations in the energy band of 8-30 keV ⁵. POLIX is being developed by RRI in collaboration with U R Rao Satellite Centre (URSC) ⁵. The instrument is made of a collimator, a scatterer, and four X-ray proportional counter detectors that surround the scatterer. The scatterer is made of low atomic mass material which causes anisotropic Thomson scattering of incoming polarised X-rays ⁵. The XPoSat m...
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