text: Its Aryabhatta,named after an Ancient India Mathematician who invented Zero.\n Launch Date : April 19, 1975 \n\nWeight : 360 kg \n\nOrbit : 619 x 562 km inclined at 50.7 deg\n\nLauched by : Soviet Intercosmos rocket.\n\nObjectives : The objectives of this project were to indigenously design and fabricate a space-worthy satellite system and evaluate its perfromance in orbitr. \n\n* to evolve the methodology of conducting a series of complex operations on the satellite in its orbital phasei.\n\n* to set up ground-based receiving, transmitting and tracking systems\n\nand to establish infrastructure for the fabrication of spacecraft systems.\n\nThe exercise also provided an opportunity to conduct investigations in the area of spcae sciences. The satellite carried three experiments, one each in X-Ray Astronomy, Solar Physics and Aeronomy. \n\nVisit these links 4 more details;\nhttp://www.csre.iitb.ac.in/isro/aryabhata.html\nhttp://www.buzzle.com/editorials/4-3-2004-52488.asp