India's First Satellite, Aryabhata in Space

Science & Tech By Dinesh Mali April 19.04.2023

On April 19, India set a new record by sending its first satellite into space.

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Today, India has completed 48 years of this achievement, this achievement was to send a satellite to space.

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India launched its first satellite Aryabhata satellite in 1975 with the help of Russia.

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It was named after the famous astronomer Aryabhata who was completely designed in India

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It was an experimental satellite. Its weight was only 360 kg. Iy was on mission for 17 years.

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It was launched by a Soviet Cosmos 3M rocket from Kpustin Yar.

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