Aryabhata (satellite)
| Aryabhata | |
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| Country: | India |
| Operator: | Indian Space Research Organization |
| COSPAR-ID : | 1975-033A |
| Mission dates | |
| Dimensions: | 360 kg |
| Size: | 147 cm × 110 cm |
| Begin: | April 19, 1975 |
| Starting place: | Kapustin Yar |
| Launcher: | Cosmos 3M |
| Orbit data | |
| Rotation time : | 96 minutes |
| Orbit inclination : | 50.7 ° |
| Apogee height : | 619 km |
| Perigee height : | 563 km |
Aryabhata was the first Indian earth satellite. It was named after the great Indian mathematician and astronomer Aryabhata and launched on April 19, 1975 with the Soviet Kosmos 3M launcher. The satellite examined the stellar and solar X-rays , the gamma and neutron radiation of the sun and the particle radiation in the ionosphere .
source
- Heinz Mielke: Lexicon of space travel. 6th edition, transpress VEB publishing house for transport, Berlin, 1980
Web links
Commons : Aryabhata (satellite) - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Aryabhata in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
- Aryabhata in the NSSDCA Master Catalog (English)