ISRO to launch XPoSat and 10 other payloads on January 1

Subject: Science and Tech

Section: Space technology

Context:

The Indian Space Research Organisation will launch the PSLV-C58 X-ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat) mission on January 1, 2024.

About X-ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat) mission:

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.