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.
Location | Sriharikota, Nellore 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: 2 Retired: 1 Planned: 1 |
SLV/ASLV launch pad launch history | |
Status | Retired |
First launch | SLV / RS-1, 9 August 1979 |
Last launch | ASLV-D2 September 20, 1993 |
Associated rockets | SLV-3, ASLV |
First Launch Pad launch history | |
Status | In service |
First launch | PSLV-D1/IRS-1E 05:12:00, September 20, 1993 (UTC) |
Last launch | PSLV-C58/XPoSat 01 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, May 5, 2005 (UTC) |
Last launch | GSLV-F14/INSAT-3DS 17 February 2024, 12:05 UTC |
Associated rockets | PSLV (Active) GSLV Mk II (Active) LVM3 (Active) |
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.