The name of the first satellite launched by ISRO is Aryabhata). It was named after the famous Indian astronomer and mathematician of the 5th century CE. Aryabhata was completely designed and fabricated in India and launched by a Soviet Kosmos-3M rocket from Kapustin Yar on April 19, 1975). It was an experimental satellite that weighed 360 kg and had a planned mission life of nearly seventeen years. However, a power failure halted experiments after four days and 60 orbits, and all signals from the spacecraft were lost after five days of operation). The spacecraft mainframe remained active until March 1981).