ASTROSAT mission. Singh, K. P., Tandon, S. N., Agrawal, P. C., Antia, H. M., Manchanda, R. K., Yadav, J. S., Seetha, S., Ramadevi, M. C., Rao, A. R., Bhattacharya, D., Paul, B., Sreekumar, P., Bhattacharyya, S., Stewart, G. C., Hutchings, J., Annapurni, S. A., Ghosh, S. K., Murthy, J., Pati, A., Rao, N. K., Stalin, C. S., Girish, V., Sankarasubramanian, K., Vadawale, S., Bhalerao, V. B., Dewangan, G. C., Dedhia, D. K., Hingar, M. K., Katoch, T. B., Kothare, A. T., Mirza, I., Mukerjee, K., Shah, H., Shah, P., Mohan, R., Sangal, A. K., Nagabhusana, S., Sriram, S., Malkar, J. P., Sreekumar, S., Abbey, A. F., Hansford, G. M., Beardmore, A. P., Sharma, M. R., Murthy, S., Kulkarni, R., Meena, G., Babu, V. C., & Postma, J. In Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, volume 9144, of Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series, pages 91441S, July, 2014. ADS Bibcode: 2014SPIE.9144E..1SS tex.adsnote: Provided by the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System tex.adsurl: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014SPIE.9144E..1SS tex.eid: 91441S
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ASTROSAT is India's first astronomy satellite that will carry an array of instruments capable of simultaneous observations in a broad range of wavelengths: from the visible, near ultraviolet (NUV), far-UV (FUV), soft X-rays to hard X-rays. There will be five principal scientific payloads aboard the satellite: (i) a Soft X-ray Telescope (SXT), (ii) three Large Area Xenon Proportional Counters (LAXPCs), (iii) a Cadmium-Zinc-Telluride Imager (CZTI), (iv) two Ultra-Violet Imaging Telescopes (UVITs) one for visible and near-UV channels and another for far-UV, and (v) three Scanning Sky Monitors (SSMs). It will also carry a charged particle monitor (CPM). Almost all the instruments have qualified and their flight models are currently in different stages of integration into the satellite structure in ISRO Satellite Centre. ASTROSAT is due to be launched by India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) in the first half of 2015 in a circular 600 km orbit with inclination of ~6 degrees, from Sriharikota launching station on the east coast of India. A brief description of the design, construction, capabilities and scientific objectives of all the main scientific payloads is presented here. A few examples of the simulated observations with ASTROSAT and plans to utilize the satellite nationally and internationally are also presented.
@inproceedings{singhASTROSATMission2014,
	series = {Society of {Photo}-{Optical} {Instrumentation} {Engineers} ({SPIE}) {Conference} {Series}},
	title = {{ASTROSAT} mission},
	volume = {9144},
	url = {https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014SPIE.9144E..1SS},
	doi = {10.1117/12.2062667},
	abstract = {ASTROSAT is India's first astronomy satellite that will carry an array of instruments capable of simultaneous observations in a broad range of wavelengths: from the visible, near ultraviolet (NUV), far-UV (FUV), soft X-rays to hard X-rays. There will be five principal scientific payloads aboard the satellite: (i) a Soft X-ray Telescope (SXT), (ii) three Large Area Xenon Proportional Counters (LAXPCs), (iii) a Cadmium-Zinc-Telluride Imager (CZTI), (iv) two Ultra-Violet Imaging Telescopes (UVITs) one for visible and near-UV channels and another for far-UV, and (v) three Scanning Sky Monitors (SSMs). It will also carry a charged particle monitor (CPM). Almost all the instruments have qualified and their flight models are currently in different stages of integration into the satellite structure in ISRO Satellite Centre. ASTROSAT is due to be launched by India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) in the first half of 2015 in a circular 600 km orbit with inclination of {\textasciitilde}6 degrees, from Sriharikota launching station on the east coast of India. A brief description of the design, construction, capabilities and scientific objectives of all the main scientific payloads is presented here. A few examples of the simulated observations with ASTROSAT and plans to utilize the satellite nationally and internationally are also presented.},
	urldate = {2022-05-18},
	booktitle = {Space {Telescopes} and {Instrumentation} 2014: {Ultraviolet} to {Gamma} {Ray}},
	author = {Singh, Kulinder Pal and Tandon, S. N. and Agrawal, P. C. and Antia, H. M. and Manchanda, R. K. and Yadav, J. S. and Seetha, S. and Ramadevi, M. C. and Rao, A. R. and Bhattacharya, D. and Paul, B. and Sreekumar, P. and Bhattacharyya, S. and Stewart, G. C. and Hutchings, J. and Annapurni, S. A. and Ghosh, S. K. and Murthy, J. and Pati, A. and Rao, N. K. and Stalin, C. S. and Girish, V. and Sankarasubramanian, K. and Vadawale, S. and Bhalerao, V. B. and Dewangan, G. C. and Dedhia, D. K. and Hingar, M. K. and Katoch, T. B. and Kothare, A. T. and Mirza, I. and Mukerjee, K. and Shah, H. and Shah, P. and Mohan, R. and Sangal, A. K. and Nagabhusana, S. and Sriram, S. and Malkar, J. P. and Sreekumar, S. and Abbey, A. F. and Hansford, G. M. and Beardmore, A. P. and Sharma, M. R. and Murthy, S. and Kulkarni, R. and Meena, G. and Babu, V. C. and Postma, J.},
	month = jul,
	year = {2014},
	note = {ADS Bibcode: 2014SPIE.9144E..1SS
tex.adsnote: Provided by the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System
tex.adsurl: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014SPIE.9144E..1SS
tex.eid: 91441S},
	pages = {91441S},
}

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