Summary
India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle launches the XPoSat, or the Xray Polarimeter Satellite with the aim of studying bright astronomical x-rays emanating from things like black holes, neutron stars, pulsar wind nebulae, and active galactic nuclei. China has announced the completion of the Meridian Project which links hundreds of instruments across the country for end-to-end monitoring of solar activity. The US Space Force Boeing-built X-37B spaceplane was launched by a SpaceX Falcon Heavy on December 28, and more.
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