Satellite Technology Day is annually observed on 19 April.

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Satellite Technology Day is annually observed on 19 April. U R Rao Satellite Centre in Bengaluru recently celebrated Satellite Technology Day (STD) 2024, marking the significant milestone of the 50th anniversary of India's first satellite launch, Aryabhata, on 19th April 1975. The Aryabhata spacecraft, named after the 5th Century CE mathematician and astronomer, was India's first satellite. It was completely designed and fabricated in India and launched from Kapustin Yar, Russia on 19th April 1975. On that day, India became only the world’s 11th nation to send a satellite into orbit.


      U R Rao Satellite Centre named after the former ISRO Chairman Dr. Udupi Ramachandra Rao.

     

     

 

     


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