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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the first satellite launched by India?
A
Aryabhattha
B
Rohini
C
Insat 1A
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Aryabhata . The Aryabhata spacecraft, named after the famous Indian astronomer, was India’s first satellite; it was completely designed and fabricated in India and launched by a Soviet Kosmos-3M rocket from Kapustin Yar on April 19, 1975.

Detailed explanation-2: -It was launched by India on 19 April 1975 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 (ISRO).

Detailed explanation-3: -India’s first indigenously-built satellite ‘Aryabhatta’ was launched on 19 April 1975.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Sputnik 1 spacecraft was the first artificial satellite successfully placed in orbit around the Earth and was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome at Tyuratam (370 km southwest of the small town of Baikonur) in Kazakhstan, then part of the former Soviet Union.

Detailed explanation-5: -Aryabhata was built by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) to conduct experiments in X-ray astronomy, aeronomics, and solar physics. The spacecraft was a 26-sided polygon 1.4 m in diameter.

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