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Categories: Space observatories, Explorers program (NASA), All Wikipedia articles written in American English, NASA earth satellites, Spacecraft launched in 2021
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IXPE  Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer  Explorer 97  Small Explorers 14  SMEX-14
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Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer, commonly known as IXPE or SMEX-14, is a space observatory with three identical telescopes designed to measure the polarization of cosmic X-rays of black holes, neutron stars, and pulsars. Wikipedia
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Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer, commonly known as IXPE or SMEX-14, is a space observatory with three identical telescopes designed to measure the polarization of cosmic X-rays of black holes, neutron stars, and pulsars. Wikipedia
Space observatory to study cosmic X-rays Wikidata
IS A
astronomy satellite
X-ray telescope
PART OF
Small Explorer program
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
United States
LAUNCH CONTRACTOR
SpaceX
MANUFACTURER
Marshall Space Flight Center
Ball Aerospace & Technologies
Italian Space Agency
OPERATOR
Marshall Space Flight Center
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics
SPACE LAUNCH VEHICLE
Falcon 9 Block 5
SPONSOR
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Italian Space Agency
START POINT
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A
TYPE OF ORBIT
low Earth orbit
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IXPE
Wikidata
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Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer
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Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer
Wikidata Alias
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Explorer 97, IXPE, Small Explorers 14, SMEX-14

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