Aryabhata (satellite)
Appearance
Mission type | Astrophysics |
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Operator | ISRO |
COSPAR ID | 1965-033A |
SATCAT no. | 7752 |
Mission duration | 4 days achieved |
Spacecraft properties | |
Launch mass | 360 kg (794 lb) |
Power | 46 watts |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 19 April 1975, 07:30[1] | UTC
Rocket | Kosmos-3M |
Launch site | Kapustin Yar 107/2 |
End of mission | |
Last contact | 24 April 1975 |
Decay date | 10 February 1992 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric |
Regime | Low Earth |
Perigee | 568 kilometres (353 mi) |
Apogee | 611 kilometres (380 mi) |
Inclination | 50.6 degrees |
Period | 96.46 minutes |
Epoch | 19 May 1975[2] |
Aryabhata was India's first satellite. It got its name from the Indian astronomer of the same name.[3]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
- ↑ McDowell, Jonathan. "Satellite Catalog". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
- ↑ "Aryabhata - The first indigenously built satellite".