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    [IXPE] Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer

    9864f892-a980-442c-a0c9-f35e26e598dd
    observatory type: SPACE_BASED
    url: https://ixpe.msfc.nasa.gov/index.html
    Observatory Ephemeris Types 
    {
  "ephemeris_type": "tle",
  "priority": 1,
  "parameters": {
    "norad_id": 49954,
    "norad_satellite_name": "IXPE"
  }
}
    Telescopes (1)

    [IXPE] Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer

    be6eeadc-9b7c-481d-81bd-4d1314dc0d49
    Instruments (1)

    [IXPE] Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer

    96d3dd34-a49e-4618-bef2-6eaca3aa26e6
    Filters (1) 
    id: e3deb75a-fb6e-49b8-81ba-14c6d4fc0844 
    created_on: 2025-07-17T18:34:45.368593 
    name: IXPE Bandpass 
    peak_wavelength: null 
    min_wavelength: 1.549802480415003 Å
    max_wavelength: 6.199209921660012 Å
    is_operational: true 
    sensitivity_depth_unit: null 
    sensitivity_depth: null 
    sensitivity_time_seconds: null 
    instrument_id: 96d3dd34-a49e-4618-bef2-6eaca3aa26e6
    Footprint
     
    [
  [
    {
      "x": -0.1,
      "y": -0.1
    },
    {
      "x": 0.1,
      "y": -0.1
    },
    {
      "x": 0.1,
      "y": 0.1
    },
    {
      "x": -0.1,
      "y": 0.1
    },
    {
      "x": -0.1,
      "y": -0.1
    }
  ]
]
    Constraints (4) 
    {
  "short_name": "Sun",
  "name": "Sun Angle",
  "min_angle": 45,
  "max_angle": null
}
    {
  "short_name": "Moon",
  "name": "Moon Angle",
  "min_angle": 20,
  "max_angle": null
}
    {
  "short_name": "Earth",
  "name": "Earth Limb",
  "min_angle": 20,
  "max_angle": null
}
    {
  "short_name": "SAA",
  "name": "South Atlantic Anomaly",
  "polygon": [
    [
      33.9,
      -30
    ],
    [
      24.5,
      -22.6
    ],
    [
      -18.6,
      2.5
    ],
    [
      -25.7,
      5.2
    ],
    [
      -36,
      5.2
    ],
    [
      -42,
      4.6
    ],
    [
      -58.8,
      0.7
    ],
    [
      -93.1,
      -8.6
    ],
    [
      -97.5,
      -9.9
    ],
    [
      -98.5,
      -12.5
    ],
    [
      -92.1,
      -21.7
    ],
    [
      -86.1,
      -30
    ],
    [
      33.9,
      -30
    ]
  ]
}