1970–1985: Solar-System Firsts and Scientific Reach
Aryabhata
India's first satellite; power failure limited scientific experiments to a few days.
Era 2 of 6 · full record in the catalog
- Launch
- 19 Apr 1975
- Lead / partner
- India / Soviet Union
- Target
- Earth orbit
- Category
- X-ray astronomy / Aeronomy
- Status
- Partial success
- Vehicle
- Kosmos-3M
- Mass
- unknown
- Orbit / trajectory
- Geocentric
- Duration
- ''(Experiments ended during 5th day in orbit) ''
Why it happened
Aryabhata flew during 1970–1985: Solar-System Firsts and Scientific Reach, as part of India / Soviet Union's work toward earth orbit. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.
The mission
The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: India's first satellite; power failure limited scientific experiments to a few days.
Results
India's first satellite; power failure limited scientific experiments to a few days.
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Sources & image credits
- LO-IV, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · license: public-domain (source, checked 2026-08-24)
- Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
- Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog
