Rank 25 documents Rohini RS-1 — the payload of SLV-3's maiden flight that made India the sixth nation capable of launching its own satellites into orbit. Launched 18 July 1980 from Sriharikota aboard the four-stage solid-propellant SLV-3 developed under A. P. J. Abdul Kalam's leadership, the 35-kilogramne spin-stabilized polyhedron entered a 305 × 919 kilometre orbit — proving that indigenous launch capability matched the satellite-building skills Aryabhata had demonstrated five years earlier via Soviet rockets. Where Aryabhata relied on Kosmos-3M from Kapustin Yar and Bhaskara continued that cooperation, Rohini RS-1 closed the loop: design, build, and launch entirely within India. The mission opened the path for ASLV, PSLV, GSLV, and every subsequent ISRO launch vehicle that now delivers Chandrayaan, Mangalyaan, and NavIC to orbit from domestic pads. Wallimilist renders the small polyhedron hero beside SLV-3 on Sriharikota pad, tricolor knockout-wedge frame, cream archive with ROHINI RS-1 slab title, FIRST INDIAN LAUNCH TO ORBIT kicker, and SLV-3 PLACED ROHINI — INDIA JOINED LAUNCH NATIONS footer exactly as the master PNG dictates — ISRO logo, SLV-3 mission emblem, specimen data bands, and curator copy on indigenous launch heritage.