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Three years of AstroSat: Indian Astronomy mission
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The AstroSat is India’s first multi-wavelength satellite dedicated for astronomy. It carries five scien-tific payloads covering a wide wavelength range (from visual/ultraviolet to high energy X-rays) and an auxiliary payload for monitoring in-situ charged particles. In this paper we describe the mission, the scientific payloads and a few important results from the AstroSat. The AstroSat is a proposal driven mission open for international users. The data is made public after a lock-in period of twelve months. We give a detailed description of the procedure to access archival data of the AstroSat. AstroSat has successfully completed three years in orbit and continues to yield valuable science data.