India’s new telescope to open our eyes

 

India and international science have a new sophisticated space-based telescope called Astrosat. The India Space Research Organization (ISRO) designed and built it. Launched on India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, it is in its 640-kilometre-high orbit over the equator. Astrosat has new capabilities that can help us answer our most fundamental questions.