CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -A private launchpad and mission control center is established within the ISRO campus at Satish Dhawan Space Center (SDSC),SHAR, Sriharikota, for the first time. The launchpad is designed and operated by a private company, an Indian space-tech start-up, Agnikul.

Detailed explanation-2: -India’s First Rocket Launch Site and ISRO The Indian space program started with Thumba near Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, on 21 November 1963, when the first sounding rocket was launched from here.

Detailed explanation-3: -Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota, the Spaceport of India, is responsible for providing Launch Base Infrastructure for the Indian Space Programme.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh) houses India’s satellite launching station. The satellite launching station is named Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) or Sriharikota Range (SHAR). The satellite station got its name as Sriharikota Range in 2002 on the name of ISRO’s former chairman Satish Dhawan.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launch Station (TERLS) near Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, and the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, are the two launch facilities that India currently operates under ISRO.