Earth orbit
IXPE
IXPE is catalogued by GCAT as a astronomy mission in the SMEX program.
Operational or in flight at the GCAT cutoff
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The mission
IXPE is catalogued by GCAT as a astronomy mission in the SMEX program. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 2021-121; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 9 December 2021, 06:00 UTC
- Launch location
- NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida
- Launch vehicle
- Falcon 9
- Orbit
- Lower low Earth orbit (equatorial)
Flight data
Launch intelligence
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the IXPE mission on Thursday, December 9, 2021 at 6:00 AM (UTC).
- Launch provider
- SpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9
- COSPAR launch ID
- 2021-121
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Success
- Window opens
- Dec 9, 2021, 06:00 UTC
- Target T-0
- Not published
- Window closes
- Dec 9, 2021, 07:30 UTC
- Provider display
- Dec 09 2021
- Pad and location
- LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center
Partly Cloudy Temp: 67.61F Wind: 6.98mph
- Temperature
- 67.61°F
- Wind
- 6.98 mph
- Condition
- Partly Cloudy
- Forecast updated
- Dec 9, 2021, 00:00 UTC
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Launch media
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Current mission status
Current mission status
Now
Operational or in flight at the GCAT cutoff
Hardware
Spacecraft
IXPE
GCAT program: SMEX.
- GCAT ID
- S49954
- Manufacturer
- Ball Aerospace
- Launch mass
- 330 kg
- Dimensions
- 2 m long · 1.1 m diameter · 5.2 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
0 images from IXPE.
No mission imagery is available yet.
Verification
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