January 4, 2022 The instrument is totally powered up and configured. Last activities foreseen for the Instrument Engineering Commissioning have been completed.
Commissioning activities on the Instrument will continue until January 9, 2022.
CAS A observation will begin on 10 January, 2022. |
 MEDIA INAF
December 9, 2021 Lanciato all’alba il telescopio spaziale IXPE |
 NASA BLOG
December 9, 2021 NASA’s IXPE Journeys to Explore the Universe |
NASA BLOGDecember 8, 2021 NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) spacecraft and SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket stand tall at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A in Florida Live coverage of NASA’s Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) spacecraft launch from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida begins at 12:30 a.m. EST on Thursday, Dec. 9. Tune in to NASA Television, the NASA app, or the agency’s website for a live broadcast – or stay right here for a live blog to take you through the launch day events.
IXPE is scheduled to launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A at 1 a.m. EST on Dec. 9. The launch is managed by NASA’s Launch Services Program, based at Kennedy. |
ASTRONOMY PICTURE OF THE DAYDecember 21, 2021 Launch of the IXPE Observatory. Credit & Copyright: Jordan SirokieExplanation: Birds don't fly this high. Airplanes don't go this fast. The Statue of Liberty weighs less. No species other than human can even comprehend what is going on, nor could any human just a millennium ago. The launch of a rocket bound for space is an event that inspires awe and challenges description. Pictured here, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Kennedy Space Center, Florida earlier this month carrying the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE). IXPE is scheduled to observe high-energy objects such as neutron stars, black holes, and the centers of distant galaxies to better determine the physics and geometries that create and control them. From a standing start, the 300,000+ kilogram rocket ship lifted IXPE up to circle the Earth, where the outside air is too thin to breathe. Rockets bound for space are now launched from somewhere on Earth every few days. |
 the Guardian
December 21, 2021 Nasa’s X-ray boom arm for black hole studies extends in orbit |
NASA BLOGDecember 15, 2021 A gif of IXPE deploying in space before starting its science operations. |
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