Aryabhata (satellite) satellite returned to the Earth's atmosphere on 11 February 1992. Aryabhata (satellite) Aryabhata (Hindi: आर्यभट) was India's first satellite, named after the famous Indian astronomer of the same name. 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
Astrakhan State Technical University Astrakhan State Technical University Astrakhan State Technical University (ASTU) is a university located in Astrakhan, Russian Federation. History of ASTU Federal State Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education "Astrakhan State Technical University" is the legal successor of the Astrakhan Technical Institute of Fishing Industry and Economy, established in accordance with the Order of the People's Commissariat of Foreign and Domestic Trade of the USSR from May 9, 1930 № 695 "On fish schools, colleges, rybfakah and courses. " Order of the Russian Federation State Committee for Higher Education on June 3, 1994 № 547 "On the renaming of the Astrakhan