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New Delhi (Gurpreet Singh)—The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) issued an Announcement of Opportunity on Monday, inviting research proposals from the domestic astronomical community to utilize data from the X-ray Polarimeter Satellite (XPoSat) mission. The advanced space observatory is specifically designed to study bright astronomical X-ray sources operating under extreme cosmic conditions. Launched on January 1, 2024, the satellite currently operates in a near-equatorial orbit at an altitude of 650 kilometres above Earth. The satellite is equipped with two sophisticated scientific payloads engineered to investigate the complex X-ray emission mechanisms of cosmic phenomena, including black holes, neutron stars, and active…