India's first satellite, Aryabhata, was

designed, fabricated and launched entirely in IndiaCorrect answerYour answerdesigned abroad and assembled in IndiaCorrect answerYour answerdesigned and fabricated in India and launched by a Soviet rocketCorrect answerYour answerlaunched from Sriharikota in 1980Correct answerYour answer

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Aryabhata was completely designed and fabricated in India.
It was launched on 19 April 1975 by a Soviet Kosmos-3M rocket from Kapustin Yar.
India's first launch from its own soil using its own launch vehicle came later, which is why the 1980 option is offered.

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Built here, lifted from there. A question about Aryabhata almost always turns on that split rather than on the date.

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India's first satellite, Aryabhata, was

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