The first Indian Satellite, Aryabhatt, was launched in the year _________.

1972

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1975

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1976

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1979

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Solution

The correct option is A 1975
Aryabhata was the first unmanned Earth satellite built by India. It was launched by India on 19 April 1975 from Kapustin Yar, a Russian rocket launch and development site in Astrakhan Oblast using a Kosmos-3M launch vehicle. It weighed 794 pounds (360 kg) and was its objective was to explore conditions in Earth’s ionosphere, measure neutrons and gamma rays from the Sun, and perform investigations in X-ray astronomy.

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