Google Doodle Remembers ‘India’s Satellite Man’ Udupi Ramachandra Rao On His Birth Anniversary
Professor Udupi Ramachandra Rao was a space scientist who supervised the launch of India’s first satellite Aryabhata in 1975. Google Outlook Web Bureau 2021-03-10T09:35:13+05:30 Google Doodle Remembers ‘India’s Satellite Man’ Udupi Ramachandra Rao On His Birth Anniversary outlookindia.com 2021-03-10T09:46:52+05:30
Google decided to honour renowned Indian scientist Udupi Ramachandra Rao on his 89
th birth anniversary through a Google Doodle on Wednesday. Professor Rao is remembered by many as “India’s Satellite Man”.
Rao, who died in 2017, was a space scientist and chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). He was the one who supervised the launch of India’s first satellite “Aryabhata” in 1975.