IXPE Program
NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer is an active space observatory and the agency's first mission dedicated to measuring X-ray polarization from diverse cosmic sources. Launched in 2021, IXPE studies how extreme objects such as black holes, neutron stars, pulsars, and supernova remnants produce X-rays and particle streams.
Identity
- Aliases
- IXPEImaging X-ray Polarimetry ExplorerIXPE Mission
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Name
- IXPE Program
- Status
- active
- Types
- scienceresearchoperations
Details
- Description
- NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer is an active space observatory and the agency's first mission dedicated to measuring X-ray polarization from diverse cosmic sources. Launched in 2021, IXPE studies how extreme objects such as black holes, neutron stars, pulsars, and supernova remnants produce X-rays and particle streams.
- Leads
- Participants
- -
- Start Date
- 2021-12-09
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 18:52:13 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 18:52:13 UTC