Q. The first Indian SatelliteAryabhatta was launched in the year 1975 from :

A
Soviet union
B
USA
C
India
D
Israel
Solution:

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 was built by the Indian Space Research Organisation.The launch came from an agreement between India and the Soviet Union directed by UR Rao and signed in 1972. It allowed the USSR to use Indian ports for tracking ships and launching vessels in return for launching Indian satellites.[

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