Aryabhata satellite

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The Aryabhata satellite was India’s first domestically built satellite, launched in 1975 to conduct scientific experiments in X-ray astronomy, aeronomy, and solar physics.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian satellite
artificial satellite
abbreviation ISRO’s first satellite
category First artificial satellites of a country
Indian Space Research Organisation satellites
countryOfOrigin India
developedBy ISRO NERFINISHED
Indian Space Research Organisation NERFINISHED
epoch Cold War era NERFINISHED
failureDetail power failure led to early end of experiments
firstFlightOf India’s satellite technology capability
launchArrangement launched under Indo-Soviet space cooperation
launchContractor Soviet Union NERFINISHED
launchCountry Soviet Union NERFINISHED
launchDate 1975-04-19
launchMass approximately 360 kilograms
launchOutcome success
launchSite Kapustin Yar NERFINISHED
launchVehicle Kosmos-3M NERFINISHED
launchYear 1975
manufacturer Indian Space Research Organisation NERFINISHED
missionOutcome partial success
missionType scientific research
space science
namedAfter Aryabhata (mathematician) NERFINISHED
namedForOccupation Indian mathematician and astronomer
notableFor marking India’s entry into space age
operator Indian Space Research Organisation
surface form: ISRO

Indian Space Research Organisation
orbitRegime Low Earth orbit NERFINISHED
orbitType low Earth orbit
owner Government of India NERFINISHED
Indian Space Research Organisation NERFINISHED
powerSource solar panels
primaryMission X-ray astronomy experiments
aeronomy experiments
solar physics experiments
program Indian space programme
purpose to conduct scientific experiments in X-ray astronomy, aeronomy, and solar physics
scientificDiscipline aeronomy
astronomy
space physics
shape polyhedral
significance first Indian-built satellite
first domestically built satellite of India
spacecraftBus indigenously developed by ISRO
status mission completed

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