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Satish Dhawan Space Centre
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Satish Dhawan Space Centre – SDSC (formerly Sriharikota Range – SHAR),[1] is the primary spaceport of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), located in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.
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Location | Sriharikota, Tirupati district, Andhra Pradesh, India | ||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 13.72°N 80.23°E / 13.72; 80.23 | ||||||||||||
Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) | ||||||||||||
Short name | SDSC | ||||||||||||
Operator | ISRO | ||||||||||||
Total launches | 95 | ||||||||||||
Launch pad(s) | Operational: 3 Retired: 1 Planned: 1 | ||||||||||||
SLV/ASLV launch pad launch history | |||||||||||||
Status | Retired | ||||||||||||
First launch | SLV / RS-1, 9 August 1979 | ||||||||||||
Last launch | ASLV-D2 20 September 1993 | ||||||||||||
Associated rockets | SLV-3, ASLV | ||||||||||||
First Launch Pad launch history | |||||||||||||
Status | In service | ||||||||||||
First launch | PSLV-D1/IRS-1E 05:12:00, 20 September 1993 (UTC) | ||||||||||||
Last launch | PSLV-C58/XPoSat 1 January 2024, 9:10 AM IST | ||||||||||||
Associated rockets | PSLV (Active) GSLV Mk I (Retired) SSLV (Active) | ||||||||||||
Second Launch Pad launch history | |||||||||||||
Status | In service | ||||||||||||
First launch | PSLV-C6/Cartosat-1 04:44:00, 5 May 2005 (UTC) | ||||||||||||
Last launch | GSLV-F14/INSAT-3DS 17 February 2024, 12:05 UTC | ||||||||||||
Associated rockets | PSLV (Active) GSLV Mk II (Active) LVM3 (Active) | ||||||||||||
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The Centre currently has two functioning launch pads used for launching sounding rockets, polar satellites and geosynchronous satellites. India's Lunar exploration probes Chandrayaan-1, Chandrayaan-2, Chandrayaan-3, Mars Orbiter Mission, solar research mission Aditya-L1 and space observatory XPoSat were also launched in SDSC.
Originally called Sriharikota Range (SHAR), the centre was renamed on 5 September 2002 as a tribute to ISRO's former chairman Satish Dhawan with retaining its original acronym and is referred as SDSC-SHAR.