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Satish Dhawan Space Centre (Sriharikota spaceport)
The Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) is the launch centre for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
It is located in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, 80 km north of Chennai. Originally called Sriharikota High Altitude Range (SHAR, an acronym ISRO have retained to the present day) and then Sriharikota Launching Range, the centre was renamed in 2002 after the death of ISRO's former chairman Satish Dhawan.