2021–Present: Lunar Return, New Stations and Deep-Space Science
XPoSat
India’s X-ray polarimetry observatory.
Era 6 of 6 · full record in the catalog
- Launch
- 1 Jan 2024
- Lead / partner
- India
- Target
- Earth orbit
- Category
- Space observatory
- Status
- Operational
- Vehicle
- PSLV-DL
- Mass
- unknown
- Orbit / trajectory
- Geocentric orbit
- Duration
- Planned : 5 years
Why it happened
XPoSat flew during 2021–Present: Lunar Return, New Stations and Deep-Space Science, as part of India's work toward earth orbit. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.
The mission
The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: India’s X-ray polarimetry observatory.
Results
India’s X-ray polarimetry observatory.
Related missions
Sources & image credits
- Indian Space Research Organisation, via Wikimedia Commons · GODL-India · license: godl-india (source, checked 2026-08-24)
- Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
- Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog
