ASTROSAT is India's first dedicated multi- wavelength space observatory. It was launched by ISRO in September 2015. It is designed to study celestial sources simultaneously in visible, ultraviolet, soft X-ray, and hard X-ray regions of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Which of the following was India's first multi-wavelength space observatory ?
Asked in GPSC Prelims CSP 2 2017 · Topic: Astronomy and Astrophysics Basics (Space-based Observatories and their Significance)
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