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IXPE Begins Science Operations – Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) [1]

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Date: 2022-01-13

This week, after having spent just over a month in space, IXPE began science operations. The observatory’s boom was deployed successfully on Dec. 15, and the team then spent three weeks checking out the observatory’s maneuvering and pointing abilities and aligning the telescopes. On Jan. 11, IXPE began observing its first official scientific target: Cassiopeia A. Those observations will last about three weeks. Learn more.

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[1] Url: https://blogs.nasa.gov/ixpe/2022/01/13/ixpe-begins-science-operations/

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