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Falcon 9 Block 5 | X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE)

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Mission

Astrophysics · LEO

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.

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