Imaging X-ray polarimetry explorer: prelaunch
Weisskopf, Martin C.; Soffitta, Paolo; Baldini, Luca; Ramsey, Brian D.; O’Dell, Stephen L.; Romani, Roger W.; Matt, Giorgio; Deininger, William D.; Baumgartner, Wayne H.; Bellazzini, Ronaldo; Costa, Enrico; Kolodziejczak, Jeffery J.; Latronico, Luca; Marshall, Herman L.; Muleri, Fabio; Bongiorno, Stephen D.; Tennant, Allyn; Bucciantini, Niccolo; Dovciak, Michal; Marin, Frederic; Marscher, Alan; Poutanen, Juri; Slane, Pat; Turolla, Roberto; Kalinowski, William; Di Marco, Alessandro; Fabiani, Sergio; Minuti, Massimo; La Monaca, Fabio; Pinchera, Michele; Rankin, John; Sgro’, Carmelo; Trois, Alessio; Xie, Fei; Alexander, Cheryl; Allen, D. Zachery; Amici, Fabrizio; Andersen, Jason; Antonelli, Angelo; Antoniak, Spencer; Attinà, Primo; Barbanera, Mattia; Bachetti, Matteo; Baggett, Randy M.; Bladt, Jeff; Brez, Alessandro; Bonino, Raffaella; Boree, Christopher; Borotto, Fabio; Breeding, Shawn; Brienza, Daniele; Bygott, H. Kyle; Caporale, Ciro; Cardelli, Claudia; Carpentiero, Rita; Castellano, Simone; Castronuovo, Marco; Cavalli, Luca; Cavazzuti, Elisabetta; Ceccanti, Marco; Centrone, Mauro; Citraro, Saverio; D’Amico, Fabio; D’Alba, Elisa; Di Gesu, Laura; Del Monte, Ettore; Dietz, Kurtis L.; Di Lalla, Niccolo’; Persio, Giuseppe Di; Dolan, David; Donnarumma, Immacolata; Evangelista, Yuri; Ferrant, Kevin; Ferrazzoli, Riccardo; Ferrie, MacKenzie; Footdale, Joseph; Forsyth, Brent; Foster, Michelle; Garelick, Benjamin; Gunji, Shuichi; Gurnee, Eli; Head, Michael; Hibbard, Grant; Johnson, Samantha; Kelly, Erik; Kilaru, Kiranmayee; Lefevre, Carlo; Roy, Shelley Le; Loffredo, Pasqualino; Lorenzi, Paolo; Lucchesi, Leonardo; Maddox, Tyler; Magazzu, Guido; Maldera, Simone; Manfreda, Alberto; Mangraviti, Elio; Marengo, Marco; Marrocchesi, Alessandra; Massaro, Francesco; Mauger, David; McCracken, Jeffrey; McEachen, Michael; Mize, Rondal; Mereu, Paolo; Mitchell, Scott; Mitsuishi, Ikuyuki; Morbidini, Alfredo; Mosti, Federico; Nasimi, Hikmat; Negri, Barbara; Negro, Michela; Nguyen, Toan; Nitschke, Isaac; Nuti, Alessio; Onizuka, Mitch; Oppedisano, Chiara; Orsini, Leonardo; Osborne, Darren; Pacheco, Richard; Paggi, Alessandro; Painter, Will; Pavelitz, Steven D.; Pentz, Christina; Piazzolla, Raffaele; Perri, Matteo; Pesce-Rollins, Melissa; Peterson, Colin; Pilia, Maura; Profeti, Alessandro; Puccetti, Simonetta; Ranganathan, Jaganathan; Ratheesh, Ajay; Reedy, Lee; Root, Noah; Rubini, Alda; Ruswick, Stephanie; Sanchez, Javier; Sarra, Paolo; Santoli, Francesco; Scalise, Emanuele; Sciortino, Andrea; Schroeder, Christopher; Seek, Tim; Sosdian, Kalie; Spandre, Gloria; Speegle, Chet O.; Tamagawa, Toru; Tardiola, Marcello; Tobia, Antonino; Thomas, Nicholas E.; Valerie, Robert; Vimercati, Marco; Walden, Amy L.; Weddendorf, Bruce; Wedmore, Jeffrey; Welch, David; Zanetti, Davide; Zanetti, Francesco
Launched on 2021 December 9, 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 three 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 three-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.
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