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Launch Sites in India
  • Balasore. Agency: DRDO. Type: Suborbital Launch Site. Location: Interim Test Range, Balasore Range, Chandipur-On-Sea, Orissa. Latitude: 20.9758. Longitude: 87.0491.
  • Sriharikota. Agency: ISRO. Type: Orbital Launch Site. Location: Sriharikota Range, Andhra Pradesh. Latitude: 13.7374. Longitude: 80.2351.
  • Thumba. Agency: ISRO. Type: Suborbital Launch Site. Location: Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launch Station, Trivandrum, Kerala. Latitude: 8.5314. Longitude: 76.8690.

Rockets Developed in India
  • Agni. - intermediate range ballistic missile - Status: Active. Two stage ballistic missile consisting of 1 x Agni + 1 x Prithvi
  • ASLV. - all-solid orbital launch vehicle - Status: Retired 1994.
  • GSLV. - orbital launch vehicle - Status: Active. Indian launcher for geosynchronous satellites using a Lox/LH2 upper stage developed from Russian technology.
  • Prithvi. - short range ballistic missile - Status: Active. Single stage vehicle. First units deployed in 1995.
  • PSLV. - all-solid orbital launch vehicle - Status: Active. Indian third-generation launch vehicle, large enough to carry polar-orbiting earth resources satellites.
  • RH. - sounding rocket - Status: Active. Indian solid propellant sounding rocket family using indigenous rocket motors derived from French Belier / Jericho rocket engine technology.
  • SLV. - all-solid orbital launch vehicle - Status: Retired 1983.

Spacecraft Designed in India
  • GSat. - Communications
  • IRS. - Earth Landsat
  • SRE. - Technology RV
  • SROSS. - Earth Magnetosphere
  • TES. - Surveillance Military

Space-related People born in India
  • Bhat. - Nagapathi Chidambar Bhat Indian Payload Specialist Astronaut. Born 1948.
  • Chawla. - Dr Kalpana Chawla American Mission Specialist Astronaut. Born 1 July 1961. Died 1 February 2003. Number of Flights: 2.00. Total Time: 31.63 days.
  • Malhotra. - Ravish Malhotra Indian Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 25 December 1943.
  • Nair. - Paramaswaren Radhakrishnan Nair Indian Payload Specialist Astronaut. Born 10 October 1943.
  • Sharma. - Rakesh Sharma Indian Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 13 January 1949. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 7.90 days.

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