![]() Aryabhata, India's first indigenously built satellite. | |
Mission type | Astrophysics |
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Operator | ISRO |
COSPAR ID | 1975-033A |
SATCAT no. | 7753 |
Mission duration | 5 years, 11 months (Experiments ended during 5th day in orbit)[1] |
Spacecraft properties | |
Manufacturer | ISRO |
Launch mass | 360 kg (790 lb)[2][3] |
Dimensions | 1.4 × 1.4 m (4.6 × 4.6 ft) |
Power | 46 watts[3] |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 19 April 1975, 07:30[4] | UTC
Rocket | Kosmos-3M[5] |
Launch site | Kapustin Yar 107/2 |
Contractor | Yuzhnoye |
End of mission | |
Last contact | March 1981[3] |
Decay date | 10 February 1992[3] |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee altitude | 563 km (350 mi)[3] |
Apogee altitude | 619 km (385 mi)[3] |
Inclination | 50.7 degrees[3] |
Period | 96.46 minutes |
Epoch | 19 May 1975[6] |
Transponders | |
Bandwidth | 256 bit/sec[7] |
Capacity | 137.44 MHz[7] |
Aryabhata was India's first satellite,[2] named after the astronomer.[3] It was launched on 19 April 1975[2] 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.
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