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Consider the following statements regarding X-ray Polarimeter Satellite (XpoSat)

It is designed to study X-ray polarisation in the medium X-ray band, offering insights into celestial sources' radiation mechanisms and geometry.
It is the world's first mission dedicated to X-ray polarisation in the medium X-ray band.
It is a collaboration between ISRO and NASA.

How many of the statements given above is/are not correct?

Only One

Only Two

All Three

None

Both statements 2&3 are incorrect.

X-ray Polarimeter Satellite(XpoSat)

XPoSat is designed to study X-ray polarisation in the medium X-ray band, offering insights into celestial sources' radiation mechanisms and geometry.
This study is crucial for understanding the physics behind these celestial bodies.
XPoSat is only the world's second mission dedicated to X-ray polarisation in the medium X-ray band.
NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE), launched in 2021, was the first such mission by a space agency.
Entirely built by two Bengaluru-based institutes—ISRO’s UR Rao Satellite Centre and Raman Research Institute—XPoSat's development began in 2008, with a formal agreement signed with ISRO in 2015.

Hence option 2nd is correct.

By: Shubham Tiwari