Hello good morning, everyone January 1, 2024, so breaking news of the day we are sharing with immense pleasure that we achieved something new to this very new year.The Indian Space Research Organisation ran in the New Year on Monday with the successful launch of PSLV-C58 carrying Xposat and 10 other payloads. Xposat is India’s first dedicated scientific satellite for carrying out research in space-based polarisation measurements of X-ray emissions from celestial objects, including black holes
PSLV-C58 lifted off from the first launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 9.10am. Around 22 minutes after liftoff, the rocket placed Xposat in an eastward low inclination 650km orbit.
After injection of Xposat, the PS4 stage was restarted twice to reduce the orbit into 350km circular orbit to maintain a stabilised mode for orbital platform experiments. The PSLV orbital experimental module-3 (POEM-3) experiment was executed, meeting the objective of 10 identified payloads supplied by Isro and InSpace.
The launch was PSLV’s 60th flight and fourth flight of PSLV with DL variant.
Xposat
Xposat (X-ray polarimeter satellite), weighing 469kg, carries two payloads – Polix (polarimeter instrument in X-rays) and Xspect (X-ray spectroscopy and timing). Polix is realised by Raman Research Institute and Xspect by Space Astronomy Group of URSC
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