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TL;DR: The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) as discussed by the authors is a NASA Small Explorer mission in collaboration with the Italian Space Agency (ASI), which will open a new window of investigation by imaging x-ray polarimetry.

TL;DR: The IXPE mission science objectives are summarized, the Observatory implementation concept including the payload and spacecraft elements are updated, and the mission status since last year's conference is summarized.

TL;DR: The IXPE Observatory as discussed by the authors, an international collaboration, conducts x-ray imaging polarimetry for multiple categories of cosmic X-ray sources such as neutron stars, stellar-mass black holes, supernova remnants and active galactic nuclei.

TL;DR: The Imaging X-ray Polarimeter Explorer (IXPE) as discussed by the authors is a NASA Small Explorer (SMEX) mission with three polarization-sensitive, x-ray detector arrays paired with three xray mirror module assemblies (MMA).

TL;DR: The Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) as mentioned in this paper is a NASA Small Explorer designed as a 2-year mission which launches to a circular LEO orbit at an altitude of 600 km and an inclination of ~0 degrees on a Falcon 9 launch vehicle.