Question

Satellite launching station is located at:
1. Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh)
2. Solapur (Maharashtra)
3. Salem (Tamilnadu)
4. Warangal (Andhra Pradesh)
5.

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh)

The correct answer is Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh).

• The Indian Space Research Organisation operates the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, a rocket launch centre (spaceport) (ISRO).
• It's in the Andhra Pradesh city of Sriharikota. In 2002, the Sriharikota Range was renamed after Satish Dhawan, the former chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization.
• In 1969, the island of Sriharikota was chosen as the location for a satellite launch facility. When an RH-125 sounding rocket was launched in 1971, the centre became active.
• The first attempted launch of an orbiting satellite, Rohini 1A aboard a Satellite Launch Vehicle, took place on 10 August 1979, but the satellite's orbit decayed on 19 August 1979 due to a failure in thrust vectoring of the rocket's second stage.