Astrosat

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Astrosat
Astrosat
Type: Astronomy satellite
Country: IndiaIndia India
Operator: ISRO
COSPAR-ID : 2015-052A
Mission dates
Dimensions: 1470 kg
Begin: September 28, 2015, 04:30 UTC
Starting place: Satish Dhawan Space Center , FLP
Launcher: PLSV C-30
Status: active
Orbit data
Rotation time : 97.5 min
Orbit inclination : 6 °
Apogee height :  657 km
Perigee height :  640 km

Astrosat is India's first satellite dedicated to astronomy .

After a successful first X-ray astronomical experiment 1996 (Indian X-ray Astronomy Experiment on IRS-P3 ), the Indian space agency decided ISRO developing a comprehensive astronomy satellite . The payload developed by various Indian and international institutes includes two ultraviolet telescopes and four X-ray detectors for various experiments in the X-ray field, including a triple proportional counter for continuous and time-resolved monitoring of the X-ray sky.

Flight history

Astrosat was placed in low earth orbit (LEO) by a PSLV- XL rocket from the Sriharikota High Altitude Range (SHAR) launch site on September 28, 2015 , and will then be used for astronomical observations for five years. The UV telescope UVIT went into operation on November 30, 2015 and worked according to expectations.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Orbit data according to ASTROSAT. N2YO, December 7, 2015, accessed December 7, 2015 .
  2. ^ Matthias Delbrück: India's vision in space. The successfully launched Indian space observatory Astrosat is to observe in a particularly broad wavelength range. In: Physik Journal , Vol. 14 (2015), No. 11, p. 14.
  3. ↑ ISRO: First Light Images from Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) payload onboard ASTROSAT in Orbit. December 5, 2015, accessed December 7, 2015 .

Web links

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