"ISRO's XPoSat: India's Inaugural Black Hole Study Mission Set for New Year Launch"

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is set to launch the X-ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat) aboard the PSLV-DL rocket from Sriharikota, India. XPoSat is India's first observatory dedicated to studying X-ray sources like black holes and neutron stars through x-ray polarimetry. The satellite will be placed in a low-Earth orbit and is expected to operate for five years. This mission is significant as it marks India's entry into advanced space-based X-ray astronomy, with the XPoSat carrying instruments for measuring X-ray polarization and conducting long-term spectral and temporal studies. The launch is scheduled for January 1, 2024, and will also include ten commercial experiments on the POEM-3 platform.