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Announcement of Opportunity (AO) soliciting proposals for first AO cycle observations

AstroSat AO procedures:

  • AstroSat is the first dedicated Indian astronomy mission aimed at studying celestial sources in X-ray, UV and limited optical spectral bands simultaneously, thus providing a space astronomy observatory which is operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
  • AstroSat was launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), Sriharikota on 28th September 2015 by PSLV C30 (XL) to a 650 km near-equatorial orbit with 6-degree orbital inclination.

Criteria for applying:

  • This announcement is open to Indian scientists/ researchers residing in India and working at institutes/Universities/colleges in India, who
  • are involved in research in the area of astronomy and
  • are equipped to submit proposals as Principal Investigators (PIs) for specific target observations with necessary scientific and technical justification and
  • can analyse the data, if the target is observed based on approvals.