The Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE): Pre-Launch

Scheduled to launch in late 2021, the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) is a NASA Small Explorer Mission in collaboration with the Italian Space Agency (ASI). The mission will open a new window of investigation - imaging X-ray polarimetry. The observatory features 3 identical telescopes each...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2021-12
Main Authors: O'Dell, Stephen L, Romani, Roger W, Costa, Enrico, Kolodziejczak, Jeffery J, Bongiorno, Stephen D, Bucciantini, Niccolo, Dovciak, Michal, Marin, Frederic, Poutanen, Juri, Slane, Pat, Turolla, Roberto, Kalinowski, William, Alessandro Di Marco, Fabiani, Sergio, Fabio La Monaca, Pinchera, Michele, Rankin, John, Xie, Fei, Alexander, Cheryl, Allen, D Zachery, Amici, Fabrizio, Andersen, Jason, Antonelli, Angelo, Antoniak, Spencer, Primo Attina', Barbanera, Mattia, Bachetti, Matteo, Baggett, Randy M, Brez, Alessandro, Bonino, Raffaella, Borotto, Fabio, Breeding, Shawn, Brienza, Daniele, Caporale, Ciro, Cardelli, Claudia, Carpentiero, Rita, Castellano, Simone, Cavazzuti, Elisabetta, Centrone, Mauro, Citraro, Saverio, Fabio D' Amico, Ettore Del Monte, Dietz, Kurtis L, Niccolo' Di Lalla, Giuseppe Di Persio, Donnarumma, Immacolata, Evangelista, Yuri, Ferrant, Kevin, MacKenzie Ferrie, Footdale, Joseph, syth, Brent, Foster, Michelle, Garelick, Benjamin, Hibbard, Grant, Kilaru, Kiranmayee, Shelley Le Roy, Lorenzi, Paolo, Lucchesi, Leonardo, Maddox, Tyler, Magazzu, Guido, Maldera, Simone, Marengo, Marco, Massaro, Francesco, Mauger, David, McCracken, Jeffrey, Mereu, Paolo, Mitchell, Scott, Mitsuishi, Ikuyuki, Morbidini, Alfredo, Nasimi, Hikmat, Negri, Barbara, Negro, Michela, Nguyen, Toan, Oppedisano, Chiara, Orsini, Leonardo, Paggi, Alessandro, Painter, Will, Pavelitz, Steven D, Pentz, Christina, Profeti, Alessandro, Puccetti, Simonetta, Ratheesh, Ajay, Rubini, Alda, Sarra, Paolo, Santoli, Francesco, Scalise, Emanuele, Sciortino, Andrea, Schroeder, Christopher, Seek, Tim, Speegle, Chet O, Tamagawa, Toru, Tardiola, Marcello, Tobia, Antonino, Valerie, Robert, Vimercati, Marco, Walden, Amy L, Weddendorf, Bruce, Wedmore, Jeffrey, Welch, David, Zanetti, Francesco
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Observatories
Polarimetry
Space missions
Spacecraft attitude control
Spacecraft tracking
Telemetry
Telescopes
Three axis stabilization
X ray detectors
X ray imagery
X ray sources
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Summary:Scheduled to launch in late 2021, the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) is a NASA Small Explorer Mission in collaboration with the Italian Space Agency (ASI). The mission will open a new window of investigation - imaging X-ray polarimetry. The observatory features 3 identical telescopes each consisting of a mirror module assembly with a polarization-sensitive imaging X-ray detector at the focus. A coilable boom, deployed on orbit, provides the necessary 4-m focal length. The observatory utilizes a 3-axis-stabilized spacecraft which provides services such as power, attitude determination and control, commanding, and telemetry to the ground. During its 2-year baseline mission, IXPE will conduct precise polarimetry for samples of multiple categories of X-ray sources, with follow-on observations of selected targets.
ISSN:2331-8422