text: which was the 1st indian satellite in space?   its aryabhatta,named after an ancient india mathematician who invented zero.  launch date : april 19, 1975   weight : 360 kg   orbit : 619 x 562 km inclined at 50.7 deg  lauched by : soviet intercosmos rocket.  objectives : the objectives of this project were to indigenously design and fabricate a space-worthy satellite system and evaluate its perfromance in orbitr.   * to evolve the methodology of conducting a series of complex operations on the satellite in its orbital phasei.  * to set up ground-based receiving, transmitting and tracking systems  and to establish infrastructure for the fabrication of spacecraft systems.  the exercise also provided an opportunity to conduct investigations in the area of spcae sciences. the satellite carried three experiments, one each in x-ray astronomy, solar physics and aeronomy.   visit these links 4 more details; http://www.csre.iitb.ac.in/isro/aryabhata.html http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/4-3-2004-52488.asp