India launches satellite to study black holes

India launches satellite to study black holes

Kyiv  •  UNN

January 2 2024, 06:00 AM • 105184 views

This will be part of a large crewed space exploration mission scheduled for 2025.

The Indian Space Agency (ISRO) has successfully launched a rocket with an observatory satellite that will study astronomical objects such as black holes. This was reported by the agency's press service, UNN reports.

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ISRO launched the mission from the Sriharikota spaceport in the south of the country on January 1 at 05:40 Kyiv time. This is only the second mission of its kind in the world after NASA launched one in 2021.

The agency said that through this mission, they want to help scientists improve their "knowledge of black holes."

We have interesting times ahead of us

[S. Somanath, Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization , said.

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It is noted that the X-ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat) will be aimed at conducting in-depth studies of black holes in space.

The XPoSat satellite, costing approximately $30 million, has a service life of 5 years.

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