Falcon 9 Block 5 | X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE)
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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SpaceX
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
IXPE
Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) is a space observatory tasked with measuring the polarization of cosmic X-rays. This data will help to learn more about objects that emit these X-rays, such as black holes and neutron stars.
Falcon 9 Block 5
Height 70.00 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 8300 kg
Liftoff Thrust 7607 kN
Diameter 3.65 Meters
Mass To LEO 22800 kg
Liftoff Mass 549 Tonnes
Launch Success 406
Consecutive Success 109
Maiden Flight 2018-05-11
Launch Failures 1
Core
Serial B1061
Status expended
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 23
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success Yes
Type ASDS
Location JRTI
Updates
Cosmic_Penguin
12/9/2021, 6:41:28 AM
Launch success
Nosu
12/6/2021, 5:12:55 PM
Weather 80%
Nosu
12/4/2021, 5:13:55 PM
T-0 confirmed by NASA
Nosu
12/4/2021, 4:49:56 PM
Weather 70%
Nosu
10/19/2021, 6:16:46 AM
Moving forward to December 9 and adding launch time.
Nosu
9/21/2021, 4:27:08 AM
Delayed to December 13.
Related Events
IXPE Pre-Launch News Conference
December 07, 2021 - 22:30:00 UTC
NASA will host a media briefing about the upcoming launch of the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission.
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12/6/2024, 6:52:08 PM
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NASA’s IXPE Details Shapes of Structures at Newly Discovered Black Hole
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IXPE X-ray observatory completes commissioning, eyes Cassiopeia A for calibration
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NASA TV to Air IXPE Prelaunch Activities, Launch
10/22/2021, 6:33:00 PM
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NASA Invites Media to Launch of IXPE Mission to Study X-rays in Space
8/6/2020, 5:52:57 PM
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Pandemic delays launch of NASA astrophysics smallsat mission
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