Why is it in the news?
- ISRO celebrated Satellite Technology Day (STD) to commemorate the 50th year of the Aryabhata Launch in 1975.
| About Aryabhata · India’s first satellite, named after the renowned Indian astronomer Aryabhata from the 5th century. · The satellite was constructed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). · Aryabhata was launched into space by a Soviet Kosmos-3M rocket from Kapustin Yar, Russia. · The primary objectives of Aryabhata were to conduct experiments in X-ray astronomy, aeronomics, and solar physics.
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