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- proper noun A
barrier island off the coast of the southern state ofAndhra Pradesh in India. It houses India's only satellite launch centre in the Satish Dhawan Space Centre.
Etymologies
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A total of 11 Rohini sounding rockets – suborbital rockets designed for scientific experiments – were launched from several different sites, including the Satish Dhawan Space Centre SDSC in Sriharikota.
India Launched 11 Rockets to Monitor Eclipse | Universe Today 2010
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The lift-off is slated around 0620 hours on board indigenously-built rocket, PSLV-C11, from the spaceport of Sriharikota on the east coast in Andhra Pradesh, some 100 kms north of Chennai.
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Television images showed the rocket exploding in the first stage after it launched from the Sriharikota space center.
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India has been launching foreign satellites with its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) from Sriharikota.
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Another Great space Achievement for India and ISRO. ISRO sucessfully Launched Spy Satellite RISAT -2 on monday 20th April 2009 from Sriharikota which will boost India's defence surveillance abilities.
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India will launch a spy satellite from Sriharikota spaceport on April 20 primarily to keep an eye on its borders round-the-clock and help the government in anti-infiltration and anti-terrorist operations.
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"After conducting a series of tests, the launching would be as per schedule on October 22 morning," he told PTI in Chennai over phone from Sriharikota.
Indian Spacecraft [Chandrayaan] to Launch October 22nd !! 2008
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India today moved a step closer to launch its maiden unmanned moonmission when the lunar spacecraft Chandrayaan-I was today mated with the polar rocket which is set to blast off on October 22 from the Sriharikota spaceport.
Indian Spacecraft [Chandrayaan] to Launch October 22nd !! 2008
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Satish said the 52-hour countdown for the blast-off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, 100 km from Chennai, is expected to commence in the early hours of October 20.
Indian Spacecraft [Chandrayaan] to Launch October 22nd !! 2008
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An ISRO official said, “Now vibration tests remain (to be done) after which Chandrayan-1 will be sent to Sriharikota for lunching.”
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