Watch NASA’s IXPE Observatory Launch Into Space — Official Live Broadcast
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We’re sending a new pair of X‑ray eyes into the universe!
NASA’s Imaging X‑ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) is our first satellite dedicated to measuring the polarization of X‑rays. Polarized light is made up of electric fields that vibrate in a single direction—and IXPE’s state-of-the-art X‑ray vision will help scientists study the spin of black holes, the magnetic fields of pulsars, and other cosmic phenomena.
IXPE is targeted to launch at 1:00 a.m. EST, Dec. 9 (06:00 UTC), aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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