Why was Sriharikota chosen by ISRO as the place to launch rockets?
The Sriharikota range is the second-best located spaceport in the world, next to the Kennedy space centre in the U.S.
1. Location, Location & Location:
Located nearer to the equator, Sriharikota is the ideal launch site for geostationary satellites.
Sriharikota is ideal for eastward launches. SHAR’s location on the east coast ensures that it gains an additional velocity of 0.4 km/s due to Earth’s rotation to easily launch rockets. Most satellites are launched eastward
There is also a proposal for a new launch pad at Kulasekarapattinam in 2013 which is ideal for southward launches.
2. Accessibility:
Their equipments are huge and travel from across the world. For this very reason, It must be accessible by all means of transport; Land, Air, Water.
At the same time, The site is prone for accidents. So, it should be remote away from inhabitants.
Being a coastal islandish area with no habitation proves advantageous for Sriharikota because it is on National Highway (NH-5), 20 KM away from nearest Railway Station, and 70 KM (Chennai) from nearest International Ports by air & ships.
3. Coastal Site:
You never know what falls off from a flying object. The maximum distance of impact from the launch site can be upto 6,500 kms. See the map towards the east of Sriharikota.
4. Climate:
See the chart below? The red horizontal line signifies the temperatures registered in Sriharikota across the year. The blue vertical line represents the rainfall in mm. Heavy rains come only in October and November allowing them to test outdoor for 10 months in an year. There's no bad day than a rain day and Sriharikota offers you optimal rainfall.
It is no accident that Sriharikota is chosen. Sriharikota is not chosen among few options. It is THE OPTION for ISRO. Sriharikota silently played & playing it's role in making India proud ever since the "Rohini-125" sounding rocket was launched in 1971 helping 35/43 successful launches as of June, 2014.
Sriharikota was chosen based on many factors, the most important of which are:
1. Safety: You want distance from landmasses because in case of an accident, you want the launch vehicle to not endanger human lives or damage properties. Therefore, most space agencies set their launch pads up near large water bodies. Baikonur is an exception, but it lies in the middle of an uninhabited desert, so it is safe enough. Now, in the case of India, we have two coastlines where this can be done.
2. Rotation of Earth: You want to use the rotation of earth in your favour. Since the earth rotates from west to east, in order to use the rotation as a boost and to not rather spend precious fuel against it, you need to launch eastwards. Now, combined with the safety factor mentioned in point 1, this gives you the east coast of India.
3. Proximity to Equator: Due to earth's rotation, all points on the surface of the earth are moving eastwards. The speeds of this movement differ with latitudes: linear speed at poles is zero while it is highest at the equator*. So, you want to be as close to the equator as you can.
Sriharikota is an island situated on the east coast of India, which takes care of the first two points here. The latitude of Sriharikota is 13°43′12″N.
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