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LAUNCH OF NASA’S IMAGING X-RAY POLARIMETRY EXPLORER (IXPE), Dec 9, 2021, KSC,1:00 am ET
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NASA is scheduled to launch the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center, FL on December 9, 2021 at 1:00 am ET.
A payload briefing and a pre-launch briefing will take place on December 7. See our separate Calendar entries for those events.
IXPE is a joint project with the Italian Space Agency that will measure polarized X-rays from exotic cosmic objects, such as black holes and neutron stars, to better understand these types of phenomena and extreme environments.