19 june 1981: APPLE Satellite launched
APPLE (Airline Passenger Payload Experiment), India's first three-axis stabilised experimental communication satellite, using ARIANE launcher was launched on this day. It is considered an important milestone in India's space programme. It was designed and developed at the ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) Satellite centre (ISAC) at Bangalore.
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