Beskrivning : This spacecraft, named after the famous Indian astronomer, was India`s first satellite and was completely designed and fabricated in India. It was launched by a Soviet rocket from a Soviet cosmodrome. The spacecraft was quasispherical in shape containing 26 sides and contained three experiments for the measurement of cosmic X rays, solar neutrons, and Gamma rays, and an ionospheric electron trap along with a UV sensor.

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ARYBHATTAN · FIRST INDIAN SATELLITE · INTERCOSMOS II