Isro is building groynes and conducting beach nourishment to protect Sriharikota shoreline from erosion caused by climate ...

Sriharikota island, located 80 km north of Chennai, was chosen in 1969 for a satellite launching station. It became operational on October 9, 1971, when an RH-125 sounding rocket was launched.

According to a report by Space.com, the launch took place at 03:53 central European time from the Satish Dhawan Space Center on Sriharikota Island, off India’s southeast coast. The satellite was ...

marking the 100th launch from India’s spaceport of Sriharikota island off the Andhra Pradesh coast. The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV), powered by a homegrown cryogenic engine, blasted ...