ISRO New Mission: The new year has started and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has launched the first space mission of the year. ISRO launches ‘X-ray Polarimeter Satellite’ (ExpoSat) mission was launched at 9.10 am on January 1. After reaching the Moon in 2023 through Chandrayaan-3 mission and starting the journey to the Sun through Aditya L-1 mission, ISRO has taken its first step in the space sector this year.
ISRO said that the first mission of the year was launched from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. With the launch of the mission, India has become the second country in the world to send a specialized astronomy observatory into space to study black holes and neutron stars. Exposat is a kind of observatory for research, which will gather more information about black holes and neutron stars from space.
Satellite will be installed in lower earth orbit
US space agency NASA to launch ‘Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer’ in 2021 (IXPE) was launched. Through this, currently black holes and other things present in space are being studied. Exposat has been sent into space through the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle. Exopasat satellite has been sent into space through PSLV rocket. This satellite will be installed in low Earth orbit, from where the distance to the Earth is 650 km.
What is the purpose of the Exposat mission?
Talking about the vision of the mission, Dr. Varun Bhalerao, astrophysicist, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, said, this is the second mission of its kind after NASA’s 2021 mission called Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer or IXPE. This mission will try to understand dead stars. With the help of X-ray photons and polarization, Exosat will study radiation near black holes and neutron stars.
Dr. Varun Bhalerao told that black hole is the object present in the universe which has the highest gravitational force, while neutron stars have the highest density. India will try to reveal the most unique secrets of Brahman through this mission. Apart from Exposat, the Indian Space Agency has also sent a module named POEM into space.
