flown missionSuccess
Falcon 9 Block 5 | X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE)
SpaceXLaunch Complex 39A — Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- IXPE
- Type
- Astrophysics
- Target orbit
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Weather probability
- 90% go
Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) is a space observatory tasked with measuring the polarization of cosmic X-rays. This data will help to learn more about objects that emit these X-rays, such as black holes and neutron stars.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Family
- Falcon
- Variant
- Block 5
- Provider
- SpaceX
- Type
- Commercial
- Country
- USA
webcasts
launch site
- Pad
- Launch Complex 39A
- Location
- Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
- Country
- USA
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Coordinates
- 28.6082, -80.6043