IXPE-2

Next-generation X-ray polarimetry observatory

Launched

Jun 2026 (planned)

Operator

NASA - Marshall Space Flight Center

Targets

Low Earth orbit - X-ray sources

PHASE 01

Launch

Jun 2026

PHASE 02

Commissioning

Jul 2026

PHASE 03

Science operations

2026-2028

- Telemetry

IXPE-2 at a glance.

Orbit

LEO

Mission

2years

Wavelength

X-ray

Status

Pre-launch

- Status

Seeing the universe in polarized X-rays.

IXPE-2 is a follow-up to the successful Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer mission, designed to study the polarization of X-rays from cosmic sources including neutron stars, black holes, and supernova remnants. By measuring how X-rays are polarized, the observatory reveals the geometry and physics of extreme environments that cannot be studied any other way.

- Sources

Where the data comes from.

Mission - Operator

NASA IXPE mission page

www.nasa.gov

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