The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has made 834 data sets gathered by AstroSat, India’s first space-based observatory, available to researchers, students and the public on September 26. ISRO launched the 1,513-kg AstroSat on September 28, 2015 with five payloads — Ultra Violet Imaging Telescope (UVIT), Large Area X-Ray Proportional Counters (LAXPC), Soft X-Ray Telescope (SXT), Cadmium Zinc Telluride Imager (CZTI) and Scanning Sky Monitor (SSM), along with one more instrument — Charged Particle Monitor (CPM).
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