The Satish Dhawan Space Centre is the launch centre for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It is located in Sriharikota Andhra Pradesh 83 km (52 mi) north of Chennai. Originally called Sriharikota Range (SHAR an acronym ISRO have retained to the present day) and then Sriharikota Launching Range the centre was renamed in 2002 after the death of ISRO’s former chairman prof Satish Dhawan.SDSC’s current director is Dr.M.Y.S. Prasad. He took over from M.C.
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