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LAUNCH OF NASA’S IMAGING X-RAY POLARIMETRY EXPLORER (IXPE), Dec 9, 2021, KSC,1:00 am ET

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.

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Date:
December 9, 2021
Time:
1:00 am - 11:00 pm