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Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) Arrival
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NASA’s Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) spacecraft – the agency’s first mission dedicated to measuring X-ray polarization – arrives at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Nov. 5, 2021. IXPE is scheduled to launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 vehicle from Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A on Dec. 9, 2021. The launch is managed by NASA’s Launch Services Program, based at Kennedy.
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Credit lineImaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) Arrival. NASA/KSC, 2021-11-05. Public domain. ID: KSC-20211105-PH-ILW01_0050.