Aryabhata (satellite)
Aryabhata was India's first satellite, named after the astronomer. It was launched on 19 April 1975 from Kapustin Yar, a Soviet rocket launch and development site in Astrakhan Oblast using a Kosmos-3M launch vehicle. It was built by ISRO, and launched by the Soviet Union as a part of the Soviet Interkosmos programme which provided access to space for friendly states.
File photo of Aryabhata, India's first indigenously built satellite. | |
| Mission type | Astrophysics |
|---|---|
| Operator | ISRO |
| COSPAR ID | 1975-033A |
| SATCAT no. | 07753 |
| Mission duration | Planned: 6 months Experiments ended during 5th day in orbit |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Launch mass | 360 kilograms (790 lb) |
| Power | 46 watts |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 19 April 1975, 07:30 UTC |
| Rocket | Kosmos-3M |
| Launch site | Kapustin Yar 107/2 |
| End of mission | |
| Last contact | March 1981 |
| Decay date | 10 February 1992 |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Low Earth |
| Perigee altitude | 563 kilometres (350 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 619 kilometres (385 mi) |
| Inclination | 50.7 degrees |
| Period | 96.46 minutes |
| Epoch | 19 May 1975 |
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