Aryabhata Satellite

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

India’s first satellite, named for the Indian mathematician Aryabhata (c. AD450). The Soviet Union provided the launch vehicle and assisted India in developing Aryabhata, which carried out satellite technology tests and made observations of the upper atmosphere. 

Launch date	Apr. 19, 1975
Launch vehicle	Cosmos-3M
Launch site	Kapustin Yar
Orbit	398 × 409 km × 50.7°
Mass	360 kg