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Satish Dhawan Space Centre or Sriharikota Range (SHAR) is a rocket launch center operated by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It is located in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. Sriharikota Launching Range was renamed in 2002 after ISRO's former chairman Satish Dhawan. SDSC's current director is P. Kunhikrishnan. He took over from M. Y. S. Prasad on 1 June 2015 after the latter retired from service. == History == Sriharikota island was chosen in 1969 for a satellite launching station. The centre became operational 1971 when an RH-125 sounding rocket was launched.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=RH-125 )〕 The first attempted launch of an orbital satellite, Rohini 1A aboard a Satellite Launch Vehicle, took place 10 Aug 1979, but due to a failure in thrust vectoring of the rocket's second stage, the satellite's orbit decayed 19 Aug 1979.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=SLV )〕 SHAR was named as 'Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR' (SDSC), on 5 September 2002, in memory of Satish Dhawan, former Chairman of the ISRO. The SHAR facility now consists of two launch pads, with the second built in 2005. The second launch pad was used for launches beginning in 2005 and is a universal launch pad, accommodating all of the launch vehicles used by ISRO. The two launch pads will allow multiple launches in a single year, which was not possible earlier. India's lunar orbiter Chandrayaan-1 launched from the centre at 6:22 AM IST on 22 October 2008. India's first Mars orbiter Mangalyaan was launched from the centre in November 2013, which was successfully placed into Mars orbit in Sep 2014. SHAR will be the main base for the Indian human spaceflight program. A new third launchpad will be built specifically to meet the target of launching a manned space mission by 2017. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Satish Dhawan Space Centre」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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