Srīharikota Island

island, India

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Sriharikota Island is a long, narrow island in Andhra Pradesh, India, separating Pulicat Lake from the Bay of Bengal. It is the location of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India's primary satellite-launching facility. This spaceport was renamed in honor of Satish Dhawan, an Indian aerospace engineer and scientist considered the father of experimental fluid dynamics research in India. Dhawan played a pivotal role in developing India's space program, leading to milestones such as the launch of India's first satellite, Aryabhata, in 1975.123

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Pulicat Lake
The long and narrow Sriharikota Island, which separates Pulicat Lake from the Bay of Bengal, is the site of Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India’s satellite-launching facility. The only sea entrance into the lake is around the south end of the island, north of the town of Pulicat on the…
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The long and narrow Sriharikota Island, which separates Pulicat Lake from the Bay of Bengal, is the site of Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India’s satellite-launching facility. The only sea entrance into the lake is around the south end of the island, north of the town of Pulicat on the…
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