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NORAD 49954

IXPE

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Its orbit in 3D

Goes round Earth once every 95 minutes, on an orbit tilted 0.2° from the equator, between 1,517,985 and 1,564,724 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.

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About IXPE

IXPE is a satellite from the United States, launched on Dec 9, 2021 from Air Force Eastern Test Range.

It circles Earth every 95 minutes (15.1 times a day), between 527 and 537 km up, on an orbit tilted 0.2° to the equator, so its path covers latitudes up to 0° north and south.

The map shows where it is right now; the pass list tells you when it next comes over your location.

Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer · NASA/ASI space observatory to study cosmic X-rays

Operated by
Marshall Space Flight Center, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics
Built by
Ball Aerospace & Technologies, Marshall Space Flight Center, OHB SE, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
Mass
325 kg

Wikipedia article ↗ · Names and facts: Wikidata (CC0).

Orbit height over the past year

Over the last 18 days its lowest point went from 528 km to 527 km. Sudden rises are engine burns that lift the orbit; slow declines are drag from the thin upper atmosphere.

Lowest point (perigee)Highest point (apogee)
530535

From Space-Track element sets, one point a day.