TNPSC Thervupettagam

5 years of ASTROSAT

October 2 , 2020 1519 days 1330 0
  • The ASTROSAT was the first multi-wavelength satellite launched by ISRO.
  • It was launched on September 28, 2015.
  • It has now completed five years of successful imaging of celestial objects.
  • It explored stars, star clusters and mapped large and small galaxies of Milky Way galaxy called “Magellanic Clouds”.
  • ASTROSAT was the first dedicated Indian Mission that studied celestial sources in X-ray, UV and optical spectral bands simultaneously.
  • The resolution of ASTROSAT is three times better than the resolution of NASA Mission, GALEX.
  • With the success of ASTROSAT, India has become one of the exclusive club of nations to have space-based observatories.

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