Question

Name the first satellite launched by India.

Answer 1

Hint A satellite is an artificial object or a celestial body that revolves around any planet or moon. Earth can be considered as the satellite of the sun, meanwhile the moon is a satellite of earth. They are all natural satellites. There are other satellites also that are made by man and launched into the orbits of planets and moon.

Complete Step by step solution
The first satellite built in India is Aryabhata that was launched in 1975. It was launched with the help of Soviet Union. It was launched in the Cosmos-3M launch vehicle.

Additional Information
India’s national space research organization is called ‘Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). The headquarters of ISRO is located in Bengaluru. ISRO developed two satellite launching vehicles which are the polar satellite launch vehicle (PSLV) and the geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle (GSLV). Satellites are launched for various purposes like communication, navigation, meteorological, data collection, remote sensing, etc. ISRO has quite a large number of earth-observation satellites. The Indian National Satellite System (INSAT) is the largest domestic communication system in the Asia-pacific region. It was commissioned in 1983. India’s lunar orbiter satellite Chandrayan was launched in 2008. It discovered water on the surface of the moon in the form of ice. The Mars orbiter mission launched in 2013 was a huge success making India the first country to success in its maiden attempt to mars.

Note
The satellite was named after the great Indian mathematician Aryabhata. The satellite Rohini was the first satellite to be launched by an Indian satellite launching vehicle SLV-3. It was launched in 1980.