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	Satish Dhawan Space Centre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) is the launch centre for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
		The centre is at 13°47'North 80°15'East and is roughly 80 kilometres north of Chennai in South India.
		The centre was renamed to its present name 2002 after the death of ISRO's former chairman Satish Dhawan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Satish_Dhawan_Space_Centre (252 words)

	India 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Space science and technology grew during this period at a rapid pace, giving rise to Space applications, which are beneficial to the society.
		India has been in the forefront of bringing the benefits of space technology to the common man. Space touches the human beings on their day-to-day life in a variety of ways.
		The Gallery depicted the evolution of Indian Space Programme from an obscure fishing village to the GSAT-2 satellite orbiting at 36000 km.
	www.spaceweek.org /india_2003.html (1050 words)

	PIB Press Releases
		Dhawan as a rare combination of excellence in scientific achievement and a visionary administrative ability who put ISRO on the path of harnessing India’s space programme to the country’s developmental needs.
		Praising the determination and innovative skills of Indian space scientist, Shri Vajpayee said that due to their efforts India is among one of the six major space-faring nations in the world despite technology denial regimes.
		Satish Dhawan have played a stellar role in developing the infrastructure and skilled manpower, which have made India’s achievements in space a matter of considerable pride for every Indian.
	pib.nic.in /archieve/lreleng/lyr2002/rsep2002/05092002/r050920022.html (392 words)

	India successfully launches EDUSAT satellite for education
		According to a press release of the Indian Ministry of Science and Technology, a copy of which was received by IRNA early Tuesday, this is the first operational flight of GSLV (GSLV-F01) and the third in the GSLV series.
		The vehicle was designed and developed by Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre in Thiruvananthapuram in the southern Indian state of Kerala.
		Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR is the launch centre for all the launch vehicles of ISRO.
	www.globalsecurity.org /space/library/news/2004/space-040921-irna01.htm (805 words)

	The Hindu : Education Plus Vijayawada : Awestruck at space centre
		Another important observation was that SHAR has been renamed as `Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR' on September 5, 2002, in memory of Satish Dhawan, former Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation.
		Then we went to another important centre known as mission control centre (MCC), which is about 6 km away from the launch complex.
		The centre co-ordinates and conducts the launch operations during the count down phase till the injection of the satellite into orbit.
	www.hindu.com /edu/2005/09/19/stories/2005091900480400.htm (497 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Police officials in Andhra Pradesh’s Nellore district said the explosion was caused by a small fire at the solid propellant rocket booster plant, one of the main facilities at the Dhawan centre.
		The Dhawan centre is used to launch India’s indigenous launch vehicles that hurl the country’s remote sensing and communication satellites into space.
		The centre has launch vehicle assembly and static test operations, range operations and liquid storage and service facilities, besides the rocket boosters plant where the explosion occurred.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1040224/asp/nation/story_2929872.asp (322 words)

	Space Imaging :: Space Imaging Has Exclusive Rights to India's Soon-To-Be-Launched CARTOSAT-1 Remote Sensing Satellite (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Space Imaging has a sales and marketing agreement through 2010 with Antrix Corp., a division of the ISRO, which covers worldwide rights to sell imagery outside of India.
		Space Imaging is the premier provider of satellite imagery enabling businesses, governments and individuals to better map, measure, monitor and manage the world in which we live.
		Space Imaging's customer-centric business lines include imagery from satellites, geospatial solutions for the defense and intelligence community, and direct access to its satellites for corporations and governments.
	www.spaceimaging.com /newsroom/2005_cartosat_launch.htm (581 words)

	We must aim for the stars: PM
		Speaking after unveiling a bust of former Indian Space Research Organisation chairman Prof Satish Dhawan at the Space Centre at Sriharikota, Dr Singh exhorted the scientists to take India to the forefront in the global space arena.
		Unveiling an ambitious plan for Satish Dhawan Space Centre to meet the challenges of the future, he said that a world-class propellant plant would be set up to meet the demands of the next generation launch vehicle, GSLV-Mk III.
		Dhawan is here alongwith members of her family," he said.
	www.rediff.com /news/2005/sep/21pm.htm (539 words)

	Another launch success
		In fact, the engineers of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) seated in front of their computer consoles at the Mission Control Centre (MCC) of the spaceport at Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh) are blasé about the blast-off.
		This calm atmosphere was broken only when the PSLV rose from the newly built Second Launch Pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) and raced into the sky, tracing a parabolic path of flames and smoke on a clear sky.
		The team led by John Zachariah, Deputy Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram, which was in charge of the integration of the vehicle, had done a fine job.
	www.frontlineonnet.com /fl2211/stories/20050603002909500.htm (1291 words)

	cooltech.iafrica.com \| space Indian space launch attempt explodes
		A deep space rocket carrying India's heaviest satellite disintegrated in a fiery plume of smoke and flames seconds after lift-off on Monday, dealing a crippling blow to the country's ambitious space programme.
		It was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in the Bay of Bengal.
		U.R. Rao, former chief of the Space Commission, which formulates guidelines and policies to promote development and application of space science, said it was a "mishap," not a setback.
	cooltech.iafrica.com /space/672597.htm (680 words)

	India plans space shuttle odyssey : HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In the age of use and throw, Indian space scientists are planning something different — a reusable launch vehicle (RLV).
		At a particular altitude, the unmanned RLV will break free, dash into space at several times the speed of sound, place a satellite in orbit and return to the earth. The first test flight will be in 2008-09.
		NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the space agencies of China, Japan and Russia are chasing the RLV dream to trim the cost of their space odysseys.
	www.hindustantimes.com /news/181_1732026,0008.htm (351 words)

	Personal Submission before the Committee on (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		A definitive indication of this is a world-class "universal" launch pad built at a cost of Rs.400 crores, the second one at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.
		On the 1,000-acre (400-hectare) campus of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) at Thumba near Thiruvananthapuram, there is an air of openness.
		ISRO's was a "mission-oriented approach", which was born out of the "total vision of Vikram Sarabhai" to apply space technology for the benefit of the common man. ISRO implemented a space programme to raise the standard of living of the people through newer applications such as telemedicine, tele-education and e-governance.
	www.patentmatics.org /pub2003/pub8f.htm (1691 words)

	GSLV To Launch EDUSAT On September 20 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Preparations for the launch of EDUSAT by India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F01) are proceeding satisfactorily at Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota.
		EDUSAT, the first exclusive satellite for educational services, was transported to SDSC SHAR in the first week of August 2004 and, since then, it has undergone all checks.
		The launch rehearsal is planned on September 16, 2004 and the final countdown is expected to begin in the early hours of September 19, 2004.
	www.spacedaily.com /news/india-04n.html (306 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Guwahati
		The contest, organised by Isro to popularise space science, is open to students of Classes IX, X and XI from schools in the entire region.
		Officials of the centre said two students from each state were eligible for participation in the competition.
		The officials said the main objective of the quiz was to spread awareness about space science among cross-sections of society and test the level of knowledge about space programmes.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1050323/asp/guwahati/story_4524847.asp (356 words)

	domain-B : indian business : organisation : ISRO's milestones
		However, the blast at the solid propellant rocket booster plant in Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota in February killing six people was a major setback for the nation, particularly since it is one of the biggest in the world.
		The India-US Conference on 'space science, applications and commerce' was held at Bangalore during with the objective of strengthening and expanding the cooperation between India and the US in the field of space science and applications as well as related commercial activity.
		ISRO signed a memorandum of understanding with the French space agency, CNES, for the development and launch of an atmospheric satellite, Megha-Tropiques for investigating the contribution of the water cycle in the tropical atmosphere to climate dynamics.
	www.domainb.com /organisation/isro/20041231_milestones.html (921 words)

	CIOL : News : GSLV Launch: ISRO
		on July 10 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota.
		The space agency said the rocket's systems have been integrated and checked.
		The countdown and fuel filling for the liquid propellant stages are expected to commence on July nine, ISRO said.
	www.ciol.com /content/news/2006/106070602.asp (136 words)

	domain - B : indian business : Economy : Infrastrucutre : Up above the earth so high
		Seventeen minutes after the lift-off, GSLV-D2 achieved its karma of birth by slinging the Rs 50-crore experimental, 1,800-kg satellite GSAT2 at an orbit of 180.04-km perigee (the nearest point to Earth) and an apogee of 36,000 kms (farthest to Earth) with an orbital inclination of 19.2 degree with respect to Equator.
		The centre approved development of the advanced version last fiscal but it is expected to take six years to have a 4-tonne launcher ready.
		According the Department of Space, considerable progress has been achieved in detailed design and analysis of GSLV M-III structural design and optimisation, drawings generation, wind tunnel testing for aerodynamic characterisation and aero-elastic evaluation, thermal protection system and design and analysis of stage separation systems.
	www.domainb.com /economy/infrastructure/space/20030513_high.html (1211 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		June 21-25, 2004: India-US Conference: The India-US Conference on Space Science, Applications and Commerce was held at Bangalore during with the objective of strengthening and expanding the cooperation between India and the US in the field of space science and applications as well as related commercial activity.
		SRE is intended for demonstrating the technology to recover a 500 kg orbiting space capsule that will be launched by Polar Satellite Launch vehicle (PSLV) during the second half of 2005.
		November 12, 2004: MOU Signed for Indo-French Satellite Mission--Megha-Tropiques: ISRO signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the French Space agency, CNES, for the development and launch of an atmospheric satellite, Megha-Tropiques for investigating the contribution of the water cycle in the tropical atmosphere to climate dynamics.
	www.humanityandspace.org /downloads/edusat.doc (646 words)

	India 2002
		In various Centres of Indian Space Research Organisation we are celebrating World Space Week 2002.
		The lead launch vehicles development Centre — Vikram Sarabhai Space Ccentre, the lead Satellite development Centre, ISRO Satellite Centre, our launching Centre Satish Dhawan Space Centre-SHAR and Master Control Facility, Hassan are organizing a number of programme during this week.
		Competitions to the students in each region are being planned by the above Space Centres.
	www.spaceweek.org /india_2002.html (86 words)

	The Hindu : Kalam dreams of space habitat
		The President, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, came back `home' today, to the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), Sriharikota, and inspected the new facilities at the spaceport, including the second launch pad, expected to be inaugurated in the near future.
		By 2021, he expects ISRO to have a habitat for human beings in space.
		Past and current senior officials of the space establishment, including the former Chairman and MP, Kasturirangan, and the Director, SDSC, K. Narayana, received the country's First Citizen.
	www.hindu.com /2003/10/11/stories/2003101102961200.htm (624 words)

	Space Age Publishing Company -- Lunar Enterprise Daily
		Satish Dhawan Space Centre that killed six (23 Feb) in Sriharikota, India caused by electrostatic or friction -generated heat; ISRO Chair Nair affirms Moon program not affected
		Space Foundation 20th National Space Symposium 29 Mar-1 Apr in Colorado Springs; USSEP panel members Paul Spudis, Neil deGrasse Tyson to speak; spacesymposium.org
		John Logsdon, director of the Space Policy Institute, says, "The grand challenge of missions to the Moon and to Mars may be just the thing to breath new life into those programs.
	www.spaceagepub.com /subscribers/LDarchive/LD20040323.html (1145 words)

	Indiantelevision.com's Digital Edge: Isro sets the launch of Insat 4C for id-July
		MUMBAI: Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) is targeting the launch Insat -4C in the second week of July.
		The launch of this satellite, the second in the Insat 4 series, is being seen as a big boost for the DTH operators.
		"Preparations are on for the launch from the second launchpad," Satish Dhawan Space Centre director Shar M Annamalai said.
	www.indiantelevision.com /headlines/y2k6/june/june389.htm (334 words)

	Fatal Fire At India Space Centre (6 dead)
		A number of people were also injured in the blaze at the Sriharikota centre, on an island off Andhra Pradesh state.
		The centre, built in 1971, assembles and tests rockets, and has a satellite launch pad used by several countries.
		The Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota is the main launch base of the Indian Space Research Organisation.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1083734/posts (379 words)

	Latest satellite launch to rocket India to elite space club
		"The proposed launch will be path-breaking in the Indian space saga, as an indigenously built vehicle will be deploying the native satellite, carrying 12 Ku band transponders in the geo-stationary orbit, about 36,000 km from earth," Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) director M. Annamalai told IANS at a preview of the launch preparedness here.
		For the launch of the 2,180-kg satellite, the first one in the INSAT series from the Indian soil, about 1,000 space scientists are working feverishly in stacking up the 410-tonne GSLV Mark-II at the second launch pad, built at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
		The launch of INSAT-4C is being taken up in the backdrop of the success ISRO had in the launch of its first experimental satellite (GSAT-1) using the GSLV in April 2001, GSAT-2 by GSLV-D2 in May 2003 and Edusat (educational satellite) by GSLV-F01 in September 2004.
	www.whereincity.com /news/3/6145 (817 words)

	1First Space: HighLife: GSLV crashes into Bay of Bengal
		The Range Safety Officer at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre here pressed the "destruct" button to prevent debris from falling on land and injuring people.
		G. Madhavan Nair, Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation, told reporters that the failure was "one of the rarest phenomena." The problem developed during the first stage.
		Pressure in one of the four strap-on motors dropped to zero; "that means, it [the motor] was not developing thrust." Though the other three strap-on motors performed well, control of the vehicle became an issue.
	firstspace.blogspot.com /2006/07/gslv-crashes-into-bay-of-bengal.html (720 words)

	INDOlink - Editorial Analysis - Indian space programme forges ahead!
		On May 8, 2003 India’s Geo-synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, GSLV, weighing 414 tonnes and measuring 49 metres in length, was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota.
		When it placed the 1820 kg experimental communication satellite, GSAT-2, precisely in the specified orbit, India could proudly declare that it had acquired the geo-synchronous satellite launch capability, a feat achieved only by a handful of five nations earlier.
		India has continued to forge ahead in not only acquiring space technology capabilities but also in using them for various applications related to national development.
	www.indolink.com /Analysis/a011504-050423.php (795 words)

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