>Astronomy is the most ancient science.
>Many works (Grantha) related to astronomy had been written in India.
> Ancient universitites of India did systematic and deep study of astronomy.
> Indian scholars studied planets and their movements, constellations and other celestial objects in several mathematical calculations.
> Based on these calculations they made remarkable progress in the fields of astronomy.
> They also used to make several predictions by
studying the movement of planets.
>Aryabhatta make a remarkable contribution in the field of astronomy.
.As a result, when India launched its first satellite, named 'Aryabhatta'.