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INDIA - SPACE
PROGRAMME - ASTROSAT |
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Date-wise Events |
- August 10, 2015: All tests
passed. Pre-shipment review successfully completed.
- September 28, 2015:
ASTROSAT Launched and placed into the orbit successfully.
- April 15, 2016: The
satellite has completed its performance verification and
started its operations.
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Description |
- India's first dedicated space observatory.
- It was launched on PSLV-C30, from the space port of
Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
- It is aimed at studying celestial objects.
- PSLV-C30 carried Astrosat along with six other
co-passengers, one satellite each from Indonesia and Canada,
and four nano satellites from the US. The Mission Director
Jai Kumar elucidated on the steps taken to make it a
successful mission.
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