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Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR at Sriharikota is one of the best-known names among the Spaceports of the World today. India's Space vehicles fly from here giving an assured access to Space for indigenous satellites as well as commercial satellites. Diverse kinds of Space missions with remote sensing, communications, and scientific satellites are accomplished from here. The Space Centre, which was popularly known as SHAR (Sriharikota Range), was renamed as 'Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR' on September 5,2002, in the fond memory of Prof. Satish Dhawan, former Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).