India's first launch of 2024 orbited XPoSat, ISRO's X-ray Polarimeter Satellite and the world's second dedicated X-ray polarimetry mission, from Sriharikota to study bright cosmic X-ray sources such as black holes and neutron stars.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 519 kg
- Flight
- 4th
- of 5 PSLV-DL flights
- Date and time
- 1 January 2024, 03:40 UTC
- Rocket
- PSLV-DL
- Builder
- ISRO
- Launch site
- Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India
- Payload
- Astrophysics
- International designator
- 2024-001
- Launches in 2024
- 1st of 263
See it in orbit
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