Sriharikota

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barrier island geographical location

Sriharikota is a barrier island off the coast of Andhra Pradesh, India, best known as the site of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, the primary launch site for India's space missions.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Sriharikota Island 2
Sriharikota Range 1

Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf barrier island ⓘ
geographical location ⓘ
administeredBy Indian Space Research Organisation ⓘ
country India ⓘ
hasClimate tropical climate ⓘ
hasCoordinateRegion southeastern India ⓘ
hasEnvironment barrier island ecosystem ⓘ
coastal ecosystem ⓘ
hasFacility Satish Dhawan Space Centre ⓘ
hasLaunchSite First Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre ⓘ
surface form: First Launch Pad

Second Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre ⓘ
surface form: Second Launch Pad

Third Launch Pad ⓘ
hasPrimaryLanguage Telugu ⓘ
hasRunway Satish Dhawan Space Centre ⓘ
surface form: ISRO airstrip
hasSecondaryLanguage Tamil ⓘ
hasStrategicImportance national space program of India ⓘ
knownFor India's primary space launch site ⓘ
Satish Dhawan Space Centre ⓘ
locatedBetween Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Pulicat ⓘ
surface form: Pulicat Lake
locatedIn Andhra Pradesh ⓘ
Nellore ⓘ
surface form: Nellore district
locatedNear Sullurpeta ⓘ
locatedOnCoastOf Bay of Bengal ⓘ
nearbyCity Chennai ⓘ
Tirupati ⓘ
operatedBy Department of Space (India) ⓘ
surface form: Department of Space, Government of India
partOf Pulicat ⓘ
surface form: Pulicat Lake region

Sriharikota self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sriharikota Island
separatedBy Pulicat ⓘ
surface form: Pulicat Lake
separatedFrom mainland of Andhra Pradesh ⓘ
timezone Indian Standard Time ⓘ
transportAccess road bridge from Sullurpeta ⓘ
usedFor rocket launches ⓘ
satellite launches ⓘ
space launch operations ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Sriharikota Range
Chandrayaan-1 → launchSite → Sriharikota ⓘ
Chandrayaan-2 → launchSite → Sriharikota ⓘ
Chandrayaan-3 → launchSite → Sriharikota ⓘ
Mars Orbiter Mission → launchSite → Sriharikota ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sriharikota Island
Sriharikota → partOf → Sriharikota self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sriharikota Island