Astrosat

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Astrosat is India’s first dedicated multi-wavelength space observatory, designed to study celestial sources in X-ray, ultraviolet, and visible bands.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf artificial satellite
space observatory
space telescope
abbreviation ASTROSAT
linked to: Astrosat
apoapsis ~650 km
collaboration Canadian Space Agency
Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics
Raman Research Institute
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
University of Leicester
countryOfOrigin India
CZTIFullForm Cadmium Zinc Telluride Imager
developedBy Indian Space Research Organisation
hasInstrument Cadmium Zinc Telluride Imager
Large Area X-ray Proportional Counter
Scanning Sky Monitor
Soft X-ray Telescope
Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope
inclination 6 degrees
launchDate 2015-09-28
launchSite Satish Dhawan Space Centre
Sriharikota
launchVehicle PSLV-C30
PSLV-XL
LAXPCFullForm Large Area X-ray Proportional Counter
mass ~1513 kg
missionType astronomy
multi-wavelength astronomy
notableAchievement enabled simultaneous observations in X-ray, UV, and visible bands
first dedicated Indian multi-wavelength space observatory
operator Indian Space Research Organisation
orbitalPeriod ~97 minutes
orbitRegime near-equatorial orbit
orbitType low Earth orbit
periapsis ~650 km
power ~2000 W
primaryObjective simultaneous multi-wavelength observations of cosmic sources
study celestial sources in X-ray bands
study celestial sources in ultraviolet bands
study celestial sources in visible bands
scientificDiscipline X-ray astronomy
optical astronomy
ultraviolet astronomy
SSMFullForm Scanning Sky Monitor
status operational (as of late 2023)
SXTFullForm Soft X-ray Telescope
UVITFullForm Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope

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Astrosat abbreviation ASTROSAT
linked to: Astrosat