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.

AstroSat 是印度空间研究组织 (ISRO) 于 2015 年 9 月 28 日发射的印度首个专用多波长空间天文台。天文学和天体物理学中心 (IUCAA) 的主要目的是促进 AstroSat 的使用，包括提出观测建议和利用档案数据。ASSC 组织会议、讲习班和网络研讨会以在这些活动中培训用户，运行帮助台来解决用户查询，提供实用工具并通过综合门户网站传播分析软件。它还维护部署在 ISSDC 的 AstroSat 提案处理系统 (APPS)，ISSDC 是 AstroSat 运营工作流程管理的核心软件平台。