INDIA'S FIRST SATELLITE

THE ARYABHATA SPACECRAFT - APRIL 19, 1975

The Aryabhata Spacecraft was named after the most famous astronomer, who was born in 476 AD in Kusumapura near Patliputra, which is now popularly known as Patna, then the capital of the Gupta Dynasty, and left our world with lots of knowledge in 550 AD.

The Aryabhata spacecraft, named after the famous Indian astronomer, was India's first satellite; it was completely designed and fabricated in India and launched by a Soviet Kosmos-3M rocket from Kapustin Yar on April 19, 1975.

India's first satellite was completely manufactured and designed in India, but it was launched by a Soviet Kosmos-3M rocket from Kapustin Yar on April 19, 1975, from Russia.

Aryabhata was completely built by India and, the first unmanned Earth Satellite. Peenya near Bangalore, this is the place where the Aryabhata Spacecraft was assembled. It was further launched from within the Soviet Union by a Russian-made rocket on April 19, 1975. Aryabhata was built to collect information and perform investigations in X-ray astronomy, measure neutrons and gamma rays from the Sun, and to explore conditions in Earth's ionosphere.

Launch Mass	360 Kg
Mission Life	Nearly 17 Years
Power	46 Watt C-1 Intercosmos
Type of Satellite	Experimental
Manufacturer	ISRO
Owner	ISRO

Mission	Scientific/Experimental
Weight	360 Kg
On board power	46 Watts
Communication	VHF Band
Stabilization	Spinstabilize
Payload	X-ray Astronomy, Aeronomy & Solar Physics
Launch Date	April 19, 1975
Launch Site	Volgograd Launch Station (Presently in Russia)
Launch Vehicle	C-1 Intercosmos
Orbit	563 x 619 km
Inclination	50.7 deg
Mission Life	6 months (Nominal), Spacecraft mainframe active till March 1981
Orbital Life	Nearly 17 years (Re-entered on February 10, 1992)

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