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AstroSat is India’s first dedicated multi-wavelength space observatory launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on 28 September 2015. After launch, the AstroSat Science Support Cell (ASSC) was set up as a joint venture of ISRO and the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) with the primary purpose of facilitating the use of AstroSat, both for making observing proposals and for utilising archival data. The ASSC organises meetings, workshops and webinars to train users in these activities, runs a help desk to address user queries, provides utility tools and disseminates analysis software through a consolidated web portal. It also maintains the AstroSat Proposal Processing System (APPS) which is deployed at ISSDC, a software platform central to the workflow management of AstroSat operations. This paper illustrates the various aspects of ASSC functionality.
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ASSC team would like to thank AstroSat mission of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the Indian Space Science Data Centre (ISSDC) team. We thank all the instruments POC teams for their support for solving queries and time to time help with new software updates.
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Roy, J., Alam, M.S., Balamurugan, C. et al. AstroSat science support cell. J Astrophys Astron 42, 28 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12036-021-09706-6
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