On 4 october 1957 the soviet union launched the world s first artificial satellite sputnik 1 since then about 8 900 satellites from more than 40 countries have been launched.
Name two artificial satellites of india.
Apart from indian rockets these satellites have been launched from various vehicles including american russian.
The organization responsible for india s satellite program is the indian space research organisation isro.
Vikram sarabhai on 15 th august 1969.
The satellite was named after a 5th century astronomer and mathematician aryabhatta.
In india the space research is done by isro indian space research organization.
The idea of communicating through a satellite first appeared in the short story titled the brick moon written by the american clergyman and author edward everett hale and published in the atlantic monthly in 1869 70.
Though the satellite was built by indian space research organisation isro it was actually launched by the soviet union after an agreement between the two nations.
This list covers most artificial satellites built in and operated by the republic of india.
It has found water on the surface of the moon for the first time.
India s second mission to moon chandrayaan 2 was launched on 22nd july 2019.
Isro was formed by dr.
This article provides the complete list of satellites launched by india till 2020.
Satellites launched by india the following table lists down the major satellites launched by india.
First satellite of india aryabhatta remote sensing.
In the context of spaceflight a satellite is an object that has been intentionally placed into orbit these objects are called artificial satellites to distinguish them from natural satellites such as earth s moon.
Some other artificial satellites are insat indian national satellite irs indian remote sensing satellites kalpana i edusat gsat etc.
Isro s chandrayan project has great success.
India has been successfully launching satellites of various types from 1975.
These satellites include communication satellites remote sensing satellites scientific satellites experimental satellites etc.
India launched its first artificial satellite on 19th april 1975.
There are so many artificial satellites that india had lanched.
This is an important topic for upsc and other government exams.
Abdul kalam was the director of india s first indigenous satellite launch vehicle slv 3.
So we are providing some facts and news regarding isro and indian satellites.
India has been successfully launching satellites of many types since 1975.
Satellites have been launched from various vehicles including those launched by american russian and european rockets as well as those launched indigenously by india.
