Launch Date : April 19, 1975
Weight : 360 kg
Orbit : 619 x 562 km inclined at 50.7 deg
and it was launched by Soviet Intercosmos rocket..
Aryabhatta was named after a 5th Century Indian mathematician (who is credited with inventing the concept of “zero”) was India’s first indigenous satellite. The objective of this satellite was to study astronomy sources and relations between the earth and the sun (ionosphere study).
The satellite was launched on 19 May 1975 aboard the Intercosmos launch vehicle but due a transformer failure it was out of service in four days.
Weight : 360 kg
Orbit : 619 x 562 km inclined at 50.7 deg
and it was launched by Soviet Intercosmos rocket..
Aryabhatta was named after a 5th Century Indian mathematician (who is credited with inventing the concept of “zero”) was India’s first indigenous satellite. The objective of this satellite was to study astronomy sources and relations between the earth and the sun (ionosphere study).
The satellite was launched on 19 May 1975 aboard the Intercosmos launch vehicle but due a transformer failure it was out of service in four days.
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