The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has chosen the first day of the year to look for black holes. On Monday (January 1) at 9:10 am local time, the Indian space research organization ISRO's satellite Exposat went into space. EXPOSAT started its journey on the back of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle or PSLV from the Satish Dhawan Space Research Center in Sriharikota. This is PSLV's 60th space flight. News BBC.
It is India's first X-ray polarimeter satellite, second in the world. Only NASA has sent such an artificial satellite into space before.
ISRO announced this success in a social media post. Currently, Exposat is placed in an orbit 650 km away from Earth.
ISRO Chairman S Somnath said, I got another success in PSLV. Exposat satellites are placed in fixed orbits. More exciting times await us. The year has just begun. There are many more projects this year. 2024 is the year of Gaganyan.
This satellite will search and observe black holes in space. Also on Exposat's list of the 50 brightest energy sources observed. Scientists will also study neutron stars in space through this artificial satellite.
The life of this artificial satellite in space is five years. Exposat will orbit in low Earth orbit. Its maximum height from the ground will be 500 to 700 km. EXPOSAT has two payloads – POLEX (Polarimeter Instrument in X-rays) and XSPECT (X-ray Spectroscopy and Timing). Raman Research Institute and UR Rao Satellite Center jointly developed the payload.
EXPOSAT will search for X-ray sources in space. Through this, ISRO is going to get a new direction in the research about black holes. This satellite will gather information about the presence, detection, source, etc. of black holes.
Black holes and neutron stars are created when a star 'dies' in space. Black hole has the highest gravitational force in the universe.
In addition, many neutron particles come together in a dark density and the name of the star is neutron star. Such stars are very small in size. The radius of a neutron star is generally not more than 30 km. Exposat will also observe those stars. ISRO has spent 250 crore rupees on this mission.