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India's premium space agency, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully launched its first space research observatory ASTROSAT along with six other satellites from other countries.
With the launch, India joined the elite group of nations that have launched research observatory. The space agency said that the observatory will study distant celestial objects. The mission called "ASTROSAT" will include four X-ray instruments, an ultraviolet telescope and a charge particle monitor on a spacecraft.
ASTROSAT can be described as a mini Hubble, referring to the mega telescope project. The mission will include a 300mm mirror compared to Hubble's 2.4m and ASTROSAT will observe ultraviolet rays, x-rays and light visible to the human eyes in various ways that is not possible for Hubble.
Officials said that the launch included six other satellites from other countries including Indonesia, Canada and the United states. The probe will be capable of performing observations in ultra-violet (UV), optical, low and high-energy X-ray wavebands all at the same time. Officials also said that Astrosat is the first mission to be operated as a space observatory by ISRO.ISRO Chairman A S Kiran Kumar declared the launch a successful.
"Well done @isro. This is one more grand accomplishment for Indian science & our scientists," Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a tweet from the US.
