The Aryabhata, 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 Year on April 19, 1976. It was built by ISRO.
It was build to conduct experiment s in X-ray astronomy, aeromics and solar physics. The spacecraft was a26-sided polyhedron, 1.4 m (4.6 ft) in diameter. All faces (expect top and bottom) were covered with solar cells. The satellite remain we active till March 1981. Due to orbital decay the satellite Earth's atmosphere on 11th February, 1992.
Mission type: Astrophysics
Operator: ISRO
Launch weight: 360 kg
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Refence system: Geocentric
Regime: Low Earth Orbit
Perigee altitude: 563 km
Apogee altitude: 619 km
Period: 96.46 minutes
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