Three years of AstroSat: Indian Astronomy mission
Girish Veerappa,
Space Science Program Office, ISRO Headquarters, Bangalore 5600231, India,
girishv@isro.gov.in
Abstract
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.
Keywords : Missions, AstroSat, detectors, UV, X-rays
Pour citer cet article
Girish Veerappa, «Three years of AstroSat: Indian Astronomy mission», Bulletin de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège [En ligne], Volume 88 - Année 2019, Actes de colloques, 2nd Belgo-Indian Network for Astronomy & Astrophysics (BINA) workshop - October 2018 - Brussels, Belgium, 190 - 197 URL : https://popups.uliege.be/0037-9565/index.php?id=8831.