2013–2020: New Spacefaring Nations and Sample Return
AstroSat
India’s first dedicated multiwavelength space observatory.
Era 5 of 6 · full record in the catalog
- Launch
- year known only: 2015
- Lead / partner
- India
- Target
- Earth orbit
- Category
- Space observatory
- Status
- Success
- Vehicle
- PSLV-C30
- Mass
- unknown
- Orbit / trajectory
- Near-equatorial
- Duration
- Planned: 5 years Elapsed :
Why it happened
AstroSat flew during 2013–2020: New Spacefaring Nations and Sample Return, as part of India's work toward earth orbit. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.
The mission
The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: India’s first dedicated multiwavelength space observatory.
Results
India’s first dedicated multiwavelength space observatory.
Related missions
Sources & image credits
- Indian Space Research Organisation, via Wikimedia Commons · GODL-India · license: godl-india (source, checked 2026-08-24)
- Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
- Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog
