The successful launch meant that India became just the 11th country in the world to send a satellite into orbit. Aryabhata was designed as a 26-sided polyhedron that was 1.4 metres in diameter and ...

The satellite had solar cells mounted over ... “The signals during Aryabhata’s 92,875th orbit, the last around the earth, were received by the SHAR ground station at 627 hours (universal ...

1975 Aryabhata India’s first satellite. 1980 Rohini Satellite Series ... which made India the first Asian nation to reach Martian orbit. 2014 IRNSS-1C Part of the Indian Regional Navigation ...

As Aryabhata hurtled through layers of piercing ... With this, India had not only launched but also controlled its first satellite in orbit. Despite the satellite being scientifically extraneous ...

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 ...