ASTROSAT
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India’s first dedicated satellite for astronomy research is ASTROSAT
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Launched on
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September 28, 2015
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Launched from
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Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh
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Launch Vehicle
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PSLV –
C30;
PSLV-C30
is the tenth flight of PSLV in its
'XL' Configuration
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Life Span
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5 years
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With this
launch, Sriharikota launch pad has crossed the milestone of launching 50
commercial satellites into space in the past two decades. The count now
stands at 51.
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Features of ASTROSAT
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ASTROSAT is India’s first dedicated multi wavelength space observatory.
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The mission is capable of performing observations in Ultraviolet (UV),
optical, low and high energy X-ray wavebands at the same time.
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The satellite is of about 1513 kg and was placed in a 650 km orbit
inclined at an angle of 6 deg to the equator around the Earth.
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It carries four
X-ray payloads, one UV telescope and a charge particle monitor.
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Payloads of
ASTROSAT
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5
payloads by ISRO in collaboration with 4 Indian Institutions and 2 Foreign
Institutions
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4
Indian Institutions
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Tata
Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai
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Indian
Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), Bengaluru
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Inter-University
Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune
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Raman
Research Institute (RRI), Bengaluru
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2 Foreign
Institutions
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Canadian
Space Agency (CSA)
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University
of Leiscester (UoL), UK
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(01)
Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UVIT)
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Capable of observing the sky in the
Visible, Near Ultraviolet and Far Ultraviolet regions of the electromagnetic
spectrum
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(02)
Large Area X-ray Proportional Counter (LAXPC)
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To study the variations in the
emission of X-rays from sources like X-ray binaries, Active Galactic Nuclei
and other cosmic sources
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(03)
Soft X-ray Telescope (SXT)
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To study how the X-ray spectrum of
0.3-8 keV range coming from distant celestial bodies varies with time
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(04)
Cadmium Zinc Telluride Imager (CZTI)
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To sense X-rays of high energy in
10-100 keV range.
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(05)
Scanning Sky Monitor (SSM)
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To scan the sky for long term
monitoring of bright X-ray sources in binary stars, and for the detection and
location of sources that become bright in X-rays for a short duration of
time.
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PSLV – C30 and 6 foreign satellites
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PSLV-C30
also carried six small satellites from different countries. This launch also
marked the first ever commercial
flight of US Satellites from India
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LAPAN-A2
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Indonesia: 76-kg satellite
is a micro-satellite; provide maritime surveillance using automatic
identification system (AIS)
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NLS-14
(Ev9)
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Canada: 14-kg is a
maritime monitoring Canadian nano satellite using the next generation AIS
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LEMUR
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USA: are four
non-visual remote sensing satellites developed by Spire Global Inc, San
Francisco, US with focus primarily on global maritime intelligence through
vessel tracking via AIS and high-fidelity weather forecasting using GPS radio
occultation technology
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This
is the third time that an Indian rocket carried seven satellites in a single
mission. In 2008, ISRO launched 10 satellites in one go including India's
Cartosate-2A satellite.
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With
this, ISRO has launched satellites for United Kingdom, France, Germany,
Korea, Belgium, Italy, Argentina, the Netherlands, Japan, Switzerland,
Singapore, Luxembourg, Denmark and the United States
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