Forty-five years ago, on 19 April 1975, the rocket thrusters fired to launch India’s first indigenous satellite. It was named Aryabhata, yet like many initial forays beyond the Earth’s atmosphere, the ...

Named after an ancient Indian mathematician and astronomer (5th Century), Aryabhata was India’s first satellite. Launched from Kapustin Yar with the help of the Soviets on April 19, 1975 ...

Hardly a week from now, on April 19, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will have the occasion to celebrate the golden jubilee of an important milestone: it was on this day 50 years ago ...

It was Saturday, April 19, 1975. At 1:28:55pm IST, India launched its first satellite, Aryabhata, from a remote Soviet cosmodrome. Built in just 30 months by a young team of Indian scientists ...