Which spacecraft was the largest of its kind, Aryabhata or Astron?
Aryabhata (satellite) Aryabhata (Hindi: आर्यभट) was India's first satellite, named after an Indian astronomer of the same name.
Garuda 1 Garuda 1 is an Indonesian communications satellite which is operated by ACeS. It was constructed by Lockheed Martin and is based on the A2100AXX satellite bus. It has two very large antennas, each measuring 12 meter in diameter. Launch occurred on 12 February 2000, at 09:10:54 GMT. The launch was contracted by ILS, and used a Proton-K/DM3 carrier rocket flying from Site 81/23 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome.