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
Dmitry Astrakhan of Russia and abroad, trained at Tovstonogov in Leningrad. From 1991 to 1995, he directed the Saint Petersburg Comedy Theatre. In 2017 he became a member of the jury of 3rd Moscow Jewish Film Festival. Dmitry Astrakhan Dmitry Hananovich Astrakhan (; born March 17, 1957) is a Russian film director and actor. Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2009). Dmitry Astrakhan was born in the family of Leningrad historians Hanan Markovich Astrakhan and Susanna Markovna Manevich, natives of Belarus. He was the youngest, the fifth child in the family. At school I was fond of reading, math and sports. After