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    India launched its first satellite, Aryabhata, on April 19, 1975 aboard a Soviet Kosmos-3M rocket. The satellite was developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation and carried experiments to measure cosmic x-rays, solar neutrons, and gamma rays. It also studied the ionosphere. Aryabhata was spherical with 26 sides containing solar panels and had a spin rate of 90 rpm. It carried experiments in x-ray astronomy, aeronomy, and solar physics. While one payload failed early, the satellite operated successfully for 17 years before its orbital life ended.

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    India launched its first satellite, Aryabhata, on April 19, 1975 aboard a Soviet Kosmos-3M rocket. The satellite was developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation and carried experiments to measure cosmic x-rays, solar neutrons, and gamma rays. It also studied the ionosphere. Aryabhata was spherical with 26 sides containing solar panels and had a spin rate of 90 rpm. It carried experiments in x-ray astronomy, aeronomy, and solar physics. While one payload failed early, the satellite operated successfully for 17 years before its orbital life ended.

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    India launched its first satellite, Aryabhata, on April 19, 1975 aboard a Soviet Kosmos-3M rocket. The satellite was developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation and carried experiments to measure cosmic x-rays, solar neutrons, and gamma rays. It also studied the ionosphere. Aryabhata was spherical with 26 sides containing solar panels and had a spin rate of 90 rpm. It carried experiments in x-ray astronomy, aeronomy, and solar physics. While one payload failed early, the satellite operated successfully for 17 years before its orbital life ended.

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    India launched its first satellite, Aryabhata, on April 19, 1975 aboard a Soviet Kosmos-3M rocket. The satellite was developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation and carried experiments to measure cosmic x-rays, solar neutrons, and gamma rays. It also studied the ionosphere. Aryabhata was spherical with 26 sides containing solar panels and had a spin rate of 90 rpm. It carried experiments in x-ray astronomy, aeronomy, and solar physics. While one payload failed early, the satellite operated successfully for 17 years before its orbital life ended.

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    Aryabhata 19 April, 1975

    India’s First Satellite Mission


    TH E M I S S I O N
    India’s first satellite Aryabhata on-board the Soviet Kosmos-3M lifted-off from Kapustin Yar on April 19, 1975. It was
    designed and built by the Indian Space Research Organisation. The satellite was named after Aryabhata, the famous
    astronomer and the earliest mathematician of the 5th century. The satellite carried three experiments for the measurement
    of Cosmic X-rays, Solar Neutrons, and Gamma Rays, together with a sensor for the study of the Ionosphere.

    Soviet Kosmos-3M

    Indian Space Research Organisation w w w. i s r o . g o v. i n


    A RY A BH A T A
    TH E S A T E L L I T E
    The satellite was quasispherical in shape containing 26 sides. The satellite
    used solar panels on 24 sides to provide 46 watts of power, used a passive
    thermal control system, carried Ni-Cd batteries, and a spin up gas jet
    system to provide a spin rate of not more than 90 rpm. There was a set of
    altitude sensors comprising of a tri-axial magnetometer, a digital elevation
    solar sensor and four azimuth solar sensors. The data system included a
    tape recorder at 256 bits per second with playback at 10 times that rate.
    The PCM-FM-PM telemetry system operated at 137.44 MHz.
    The spin up system started its operations, 6 months after the launch.
    Only one payload could be operated for the first few orbits, due to a Specifications
    problem developed in the power distribution system. The full main frame Weight 360 kg
    of the satellite worked well and the satellite was tracked for 17 years before
    the orbital life ended. This satellite was one of the earliest ones to use Power 46 W
    CMOS devices on a large scale. The checkout system used Indian made Stabilization Spin-stabilized
    TDC-12 computer with punched tape input/output devices. Experiments
    were conducted on satellite ranging which demonstrated the tele-medicine Type of
    Experimental
    concept in the elementary form by transmitting ECG signals from SHAR Satellite
    to Bangalore. During the development phase, the satellite model roughly • X-ray Astronomy
    half in size of the final version was tested out on a balloon flown at Payloads • Aeronomy
    about 25 km altitude on May 5,1973 from Hyderabad. Similarly, the • Solar Physics
    engineering model was carried aloft by a helicopter over Sriharikota during
    January 1975. Four models of the satellite were developed during a three 6 months (nominal),
    Mission Life (Spacecraft mainframe
    year period by a young team which had no previous experience of making
    active till March 1981)
    any space hardware.

    Indian Space Research Organisation w w w. i s r o . g o v. i n

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