GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -It was launched on 19 April 1975 from Kapustin Yar, a Soviet rocket launch and development site in Astrakhan Oblast using a Kosmos-3M launch vehicle. It was built by ISRO, and launched by the Soviet union as a part of the Soviet Interkosmos programme which provided access to space for friendly states.

Detailed explanation-2: -India’s first indigenously-built satellite ‘Aryabhatta’ was launched on 19 April 1975.

Detailed explanation-3: -On 21st November 1963, a sounding rocket blasted off from the Thumba fishing village in Kerala. That moment, witnessed by scientists from the US, Soviet Union and France, was a huge milestone in Modern India, as it was the moment India entered the spaceage.

Detailed explanation-4: -Aryabhata, first unmanned Earth satellite built by India. It was named for a prominent Indian astronomer and mathematician of the 5th century ce. The satellite was assembled at Peenya, near Bangalore, but was launched from within the Soviet Union by a Russian-made rocket on April 19, 1975.