A toilet was used as data centre for India's 1st satellite
A toilet in Bangalore (now Bengaluru) was converted into a data receiving centre for India's first satellite, Aryabhata. The toilet was used as infrastructure was not available, as revealed by former Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), UR Rao. The 26-sided satellite, weighing 360 kilograms, was launched 42 years ago, on April 19, 1975.