Forty-five years ago, on 19 April 1975, the rocket thrusters fired to launch India’s first indigenous satellite. It was named Aryabhata, yet like many initial forays beyond the Earth’s atmosphere, the ...

It was Saturday, April 19, 1975. At 1:28:55pm IST, India launched its first satellite, Aryabhata, from a remote Soviet cosmodrome. Built in just 30 months by a young team of Indian scientists ...

Named after an ancient Indian mathematician and astronomer (5th Century), Aryabhata was India’s first satellite. Launched from Kapustin Yar with the help of the Soviets on April 19, 1975 ...

On this day in 1975, India etched its name into the annals of space history with the successful launch of its first satellite, Aryabhata. This milestone not only marked India’s entry into the ...

“In the beginning we had not named our satellite. It was Indira Gandhi (then Prime Minister) who chose the name Aryabhata,” the late U.R. Rao, who helmed the Aryabhata project and later went ...

India built the first satellite, Aryabhata, on April 19, 1975. The satellite was developed by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The aim behind developing the first Indian unmanned earth ...

Aryabhata Satellite (Picture Credit - ISRO) On April 19 in 1975, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched its first satellite in space, named after Indian mathematician and ...