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State Focus Andhra Pradesh Space Geography & Disasters Science & Technology

The Spaceport of India sits in Nellore district, with two launch pads and a third for sounding rockets

ISRO's own centre page gives the address of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR as Sriharikota Range PO - 524 124, Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh, with Shri S. Muthuchezhian as Director.
The page calls SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota, the Spaceport of India, responsible for providing launch base infrastructure for the Indian Space Programme.
Its facilities cover solid propellant processing, static testing of solid motors, launch vehicle integration and launch operations, and range operations comprising a telemetry, tracking and command network and a mission control centre.
The centre has two launch pads from where the rocket launching operations of PSLV and GSLV are carried out, and a separate launch pad for launching sounding rockets.
Its threefold mandate is to produce solid propellant boosters for ISRO's launch vehicle programmes, to provide infrastructure for qualifying subsystems and solid rocket motors and carrying out the necessary tests, and to provide launch base infrastructure for satellites and launch vehicles.

District: Nellore District, Andhra Pradesh Address: Sriharikota Range PO - 524 124 Director: Shri S. Muthuchezhian Launch pads: Two for PSLV and GSLV, plus one for sounding rockets
Why it matters for exams: The district in which Sriharikota lies, the centre's PIN code, its two launch pads and its mandate are the precise details a question on India's spaceport turns on.
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17 October 2026 Source: Indian Space Research Organisation

In plain words

SHAR Sriharikota Range — The range name in the centre's postal address, from which the abbreviation SDSC SHAR comes.

Sounding rocket Sounding rocket — A small rocket flown on a suborbital path to study the upper atmosphere.

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