ISRO inaugurates the new year with the launch of the XPoSAT satellite from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
On January 1, 2024, ISRO inaugurates the new year with the launch of the XPoSAT satellite from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. The primary focus of this satellite is the study of space radiation.
ISRO is preparing for a unique event on the first day of the new year, On January 1, 2024, after a triumphant landing on the moon's southern pole and the successful launch of a solar mission in 2023, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is gearing up to launch the world's first satellite dedicated to studying radiation, the Milky Way, black holes, pulsars, and more. This groundbreaking satellite, named the X-Ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat), marks India's second venture into space exploration.
Scientists performed a puja for this mission at the Venkateswara Temple.
This satellite has a lifespan of five years. Today at 8:10 AM, the countdown for the launch began। PSLV-C58 will be launched tomorrow at 9:10 AM. This is the sixtieth mission of the PSLV rocket fleet। ISRO scientists performed a puja at the Venkateswara Temple in Tirupati before the launch of PSLV-C58's X-Ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat) mission and ten other payloads on January 1.
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