:''This article is about the first
Indian satellite Aryabhata. For information about the astronomer see
Aryabhata''.
'Aryabhata' was India's first satellite, named after the great Indian astronomer of the same name. It was launched by the
Soviet Union on
19 April 1975 from
Kapustin Yar using a
Cosmos-3M launch vehicle. Aryabhata was built by the
Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) to conduct experiments related to astronomy. The satellite reentered the Earth's atmosphere on
11 February 1992.
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