#SpaceHour
A thread of my favourite images related to indian space history:
1. Engineers looking over a sounding rocket on the stand
2. The SLV-3 being lifted from its transporter
3. Dr. Satish Dhawan and engineers looking over one of the tanks of the SLV-3
4. RH-75 in flight
Dr. Vikram Sarabhai and YJ Rao examining the Rohini 75 sounding rocket (India’s first indigenous sounding rocket) and The SLV-3 rocket from transport to launch
Some of India’s first satellites:
1. The Rhoni RS-1 satellite mounted onto the 4th stage of the SLV-3
2. The SROSS-1 satellite that were launched on the ASLV rocket
3. India’s first satellite, the Aryabhata
4. Disassembled Aryabhata satellite, also visible are the nitrogen tanks
My favorite image of the Aryabhata satellite :
A mockup fully functional model of the satellite being lifted over a receiving antenna in Shriharikota by a helicopter to test its telemetry receiving/transmission capability
Am I missing any other epic pictures ?
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