Sriharikota

Sriharikota
Sriharikota
	Aerial view of the SDSC on the island
	Nickname: SDSC
	Sriharikota
	Coordinates: 13°43′04″N 80°12′00″E / 13.7178°N 80.2000°E
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Nellore district
Elevation	1 m (3 ft)
Languages
• Official	Telugu
PIN	524124
Vehicle registration	AP

Sriharikota (Telugu: [ʃriːhɐɾikoːʈɐ]) is a barrier island off the Bay of Bengal coast located in the Shar Project settlement of Tirupati district in Andhra Pradesh, India. It houses the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, one of the two satellite launch centres in India (the other being Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station, Thiruvananthapuram). Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launches satellites using multistage rockets such as the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle and the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle from Sriharikota. Sriharikota is selected by ISRO because of its proximity to the equator, it gives extra centripetal force from the rotation of Earth.^[1]

Location

Sriharikota Island

Sriharikota is partly located in Sullurpeta mandal and partly located in Tada mandal in Tirupati District in Andhra Pradesh. The island separates Pulicat Lake from the Bay of Bengal. The nearest town and railway station is Sullurpeta which is 16 km west of Sriharikota and nearest city is Tirupati. A 16 km elevated road connects Sriharikota to the mainland.

Climate

The climate of Sriharikota is tropical wet and dry (Aw; bordering on As) in the Köppen–Geiger climate classification system. Sriharikota has hot summers and mild winters. Summers can reach up to 38 degrees Celsius, while winters can reach down to 20 degrees Celsius. Since Sriharikota is only 105 km north of Chennai, its climate is similar to that of Chennai.

Climate data for Sriharikota
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	29.6 (85.3)	31.5 (88.7)	33.6 (92.5)	36 (97)	38.8 (101.8)	38 (100)	35.6 (96.1)	35.2 (95.4)	34.5 (94.1)	32.3 (90.1)	29.6 (85.3)	28.8 (83.8)	33.6 (92.5)
Daily mean °C (°F)	24.6 (76.3)	26 (79)	28.1 (82.6)	30.9 (87.6)	33.4 (92.1)	32.8 (91.0)	31 (88)	30.7 (87.3)	30 (86)	28.3 (82.9)	26 (79)	24.6 (76.3)	28.9 (84.0)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	19.7 (67.5)	20.6 (69.1)	22.7 (72.9)	25.8 (78.4)	28 (82)	27.9 (82.2)	26.5 (79.7)	26.2 (79.2)	25.6 (78.1)	24.4 (75.9)	22.4 (72.3)	20.2 (68.4)	24.2 (75.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	25 (1.0)	11 (0.4)	5 (0.2)	15 (0.6)	58 (2.3)	95 (3.7)	137 (5.4)	182 (7.2)	197 (7.8)	274 (10.8)	325 (12.8)	179 (7.0)	1,503 (59.2)
Source: Climate-Data.org, altitude: 1m^[2]