India is celebrate its 75th year of independence. this special occasion, ISRO will launch its small rocket Small Satellite Launch Vehicle for the first time on 7 August
ISRO's SSLV-D1/EOS-02 satellite will take off from Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota on Sunday
The Azadisat satellite weighs eight kilograms. It has cameras to take photos of its own solar panels.
This is the first space mission to promote women in science, technology, engineering and maths to develop satellites.
India's first satellite was Aryabhata, named after the famous Indian astronomer. aunched on April 19, 1975
India has successfully launched (71) artificial satellites from 1975 to now (30 August 2013). These satellites have been launched by various launch vehicles including indigenous vehicles.
Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) will be using a "stabilised" fourth stage of the PSLV launch
There are solar panels on both sides of the satellite, from which they keep getting energy, while there are transmitters and receivers between them, which work to receive or send signals
Watching TV, weather conditions, GPS navigation in mobile, phone conversation, etc., have all been possible through satellite.