Ball Aerospace Completes Integration of NASA's IXPE Observatory, Begins Testing
Ball Aerospace Completes Integration of NASA's IXPE Observatory, Begins Testing IXPE will measure the polarization of cosmic x-rays to study exotic objects in the universe News provided by Share this article Share this article BROOMFIELD, Colo., Jan. 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Ball Aerospace recently completed the spacecraft and payload assembly integration of NASA's Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) space-based astrophysics observatory at its Boulder, Colo. facility. Ball will now begin environmental testing of the integrated observatory, which includes all instruments and the spacecra...