The launch of India's first indigenous satellite, Aryabhata, 46 years ago on April 19, 1975, is celebrated as a landmark in the country's space programme. The satellite is named after the 5th ...

Launched from the Soviet Union’s Kapustin Yar using a Kosmos-3M launch vehicle, Aryabhata was named after the legendary Indian mathematician and astronomer of the 5th century. The satellite ...

The Aryabhata satellite was launched from Kapustin Yar in the then Soviet Union by a cosmos-3M launch vehicle. The Aryabhata satellite can be called the first glittering feather in ISRO’s cap.

On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the launch of India’s first satellite Aryabhata, a function was organised at ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore on Sunday, April 19, 2015 to […] ...

The weight of the satellite was 360 kilograms which was built by ISRO and launched by Russia from their Kapustin Yar rocket launch. Russia had used a Kosmos-3M launch vehicle for the rocket launch.

Year: Mission name: Mission description: 1975: Aryabhata: India’s first satellite. 1980: Rohini Satellite Series (RS-1) India’s first satellite launched by its launch vehicle, the SLV-3.

On April 19, 1975, India shot its first satellite – Aryabhata -- into space atop a Soviet rocket, becoming the world’s 11th nation and the second developing country after China to orbit a ...