Project AstroSat: five years of operations and continuing
| dc.contributor.author | Seetha, S | |
| dc.contributor.author | Girish, V | |
| dc.contributor.author | Rao, V. Koteswara | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-08-03T08:26:42Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-08-03T08:26:42Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-07 | |
| dc.description | Open Access available from Indian Academy of Sciences, Bengaluru, India | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | India's first dedicated multi-wavelength satellite, AstroSat, was launched by PSLV C30 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh on 28 September 2015. It is India's first multi-wavelength observatory. AstroSat carries five scientific payloads and is capable of simultaneous observations from ultraviolet to very hard X- rays. It has completed five years of on-board operations in September 2020 as a proposal-based observatory. Currently, it has close to 1500 global users and has resulted in more than 150 articles in peer-reviewed journals. This article is an overview providing a brief description of the AstroSat mission and some recent results using data from this unique Indian space observatory. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Current Science, 2021, Vol.121, p214-221 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0011-3891 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2289/7808 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Springer for Indian Academy of Sciences, Bengaluru, India | en_US |
| dc.relation.uri | http://dx.doi.org/0.18520/cs/v121/i2/214-221 | en_US |
| dc.rights | 2021 Indian Academy of Sciences, Bengaluru, India | en_US |
| dc.subject | Multi-wavelength satellite | |
| dc.subject | proposal-based space observatory | |
| dc.subject | scientific payloads | |
| dc.subject | ultraviolet and X-ray astronomy | |
| dc.title | Project AstroSat: five years of operations and continuing | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |