ASTROSAT is India’s Hubble

September 5, 2021

Astrosat is India’s first space telescope. The telescope can observe everything from distant galaxies to black holes. Launched September 28, 2015. The ASTROSAT, which weighs 1513 kilograms, orbits the equator at a distance of 650 km from Earth. Astrosat controls ISRO’s Mission Operations Complex (MOX) in Bangalore. The astrosatellite has five payloads (observational instruments) capable…