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19/04/1975 India's first satellite is launched

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India's first satellite for astronomy to be launched

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INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION

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Country's 1st satellite Aryabhata was launched on this day

Aryabhata was India's first satellite, named after an Indian astronomer of the same name. It was launched by India from Kapustin Yar, a Russian rocket launch and development site in Astrakhan Oblast using a Kosmos-3M launch vehicle. It was built by the Indian Space Research Organisation.
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