SHAR: the Indian Launch Base
ESA TV News
Planned on 22 October, Chandrayaan, the first Indian Mission to the moon, will be launched from Sriharikota, an Island located on the East coast of India.
Called SHAR, Sriharikota Satish Dawan Space Centre, it is in this unique site that are prepared and launched the two rockets developped by India.
This story, recently filmed in India, shows rare shots of Sriharikota and its two launch pads with the preparation of the PSLV launcher that will send the Chandrayaan probe to the moon.
For more info on this subject please check the script that is online as a PDF file under : http://television.esa.int/photos/EBS59758.pdf
A WMV preview clip is online under :
http://esa.contentcoders.com/mphi/SHAR_Sriharikota_TV_15-10-08_wmplow.wmv
The broadcast quality files as well as all the other formats are also available on the e-vision ftp.
More backgroud information can be found on: http://www.isro.org/chandrayaan/htmls/home.htm

SHAR: Sriharikota Space Centre
TC 10.00.40
This natural reserve on the shores of the Bay of Bengal is a playground for wild birds.
We are 150 kilometres north of Chennai (formerly Madras), on the road linking the island of Sriharikota with the Indian sub-continent.
On the eastern side of the island, the sea stretches out along 800 km from north to south, making it an ideal spot for launching rockets from different polar to equatorial orbits.
Which is why one of Indiaís key technology sites has been based here: the launch centre known as SHAR ñ the Satish Dhawan Space Centre ñ named after the research scientist and former president of the ISRO, the Indian Space Research Organisation.
The island is home to two launch pads for the two rockets developed by India.
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INTERVIEW
M.C. DATHAN
Director of the Sriharikota Space Centre
TC 10.02.23
At SHAR, the first launch site is a tower inside which all the preparations are carried out, with walkways providing access to the different stages of the rocket.
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