Satellite Technology Day 2024

The U R Rao Satellite Centre (formerly ISRO Satellite Centre, ISAC), Department of Space, in Bengaluru, recently celebrated Satellite Technology Day (STD) 2024.

1. This marked the significant milestone of the 50th anniversary of India's first satellite launch, Aryabhata, on April 19, 1975.

URSC's Achievements:

The event highlighted URSC's achievements with recent missions like Chandrayaan-3, Aditya-L1, and X-ray Polarimeter Satellite, which gained national and international recognition.

Aryabhata Satellite Key Facts:

1. The Aryabhatta spacecraft, named after the 5th century mathematician and astronomer, was India's first satellite.
2. Designed and fabricated entirely in India, it was launched from Kapustin Yar, Russia, on April 19, 1975.
3. India became only the world's 11th nation to send a satellite into orbit on that day.
4. Built by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Aryabhata conducted experiments in X-ray astronomy, aeronomics, and solar physics.

Aryabhata Satellite
Payload	X-ray Astronomy Aeronomy and Solar Physics
Launch site	Volgograd Launch Station (presently in Russia)
Launch vehicle	C-1 Intercosmos

U R Rao Satellite Centre:

1. The U R Rao Satellite Centre (URSC), named after the former ISRO Chairman Dr. Udupi Ramachandra Rao, is the lead center of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).
2. URSC is responsible for the design, development, checkout, and integration of communication, navigation, remote sensing, scientific, and small satellite missions.
3. The center is actively involved in creating cost-effective space infrastructure for India.
4. URSC is responsible for the entire spacecraft project management, from the conceptualization phase to the in-orbit spacecraft operationalization phase.

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