Aryabhata (satellite) 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 for launching Indian satellites. Aryabhatta is the first man made
Volgograd Oblast Football Championship Volgograd Oblast Football Championship The Volgograd Oblast Football Championship (Чемпионат Волгоградской области по футболу) is an independent soccer league for teams in the Volgograd Oblast region of southern Russia. The league is nominally at the fifth level of the Russian football system, but there is no automatic promotion and relegation between it and the fourth-level Amateur Football League. Teams from the Amateur Football League can apply to join the Volgograd Oblast Championship and vice versa. The league is currently home to former professional teams FC Tekstilshchik Kamyshin and FC Olimpia Volgograd, and a reserve team from the area's biggest club