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  • ISSDC is the primary data center for the payload data archives of Indian Space Science Missions.
  • This data center, located at the IDSN campus in Bangalore, is responsible for the Ingest, Processing, Archive, and Dissemination of the payload data and related ancillary data for Space Science missions like Chandrayaan-1, Mars Orbiter Mission, Astrosat, etc.
  • Each mission archive includes raw and reduced data, calibration data, auxiliary data, higher-level derived data products, documentation and software
  • SDA makes use of the well-proven archive standards of the Planetary Data System (PDS) and follows the IPDA guidelines. This is to comply with the global standards for long term preservation of the data, maintain their usability and facilitate scientific community with the high quality data for their analysis.
  • The primary users of this facility will be the principal investigators of the science payloads initially till the lock-in period. After this, the data will be made accessible to scientists from other institutions and also to the general public.

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