query: space_launch_vehicle chandrayaan-1
supports: Sriharikota is a barrier island off the Bay of Bengal coast located in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, India. It houses the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, one of the two satellite launch centers in India with the other being the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station in Thiruvananthapuram. Indian Space Research Organisation launch satellites using multistage rockets such as the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle and the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle from Sriharikota. Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (Hindi:    ), abbreviated in English as GSLV, is an expendable launch system operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). GSLV has been used in ten launches to date, since its first launch in 2001 through to its most recent launch on September 8, 2016 of the INSAT-3DR. Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) or Sriharikota High Altitude Range (SHAR) is a rocket launch centre operated by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It is located in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. Sriharikota Launching Range was renamed in 2002 after ISRO's former chairman Satish Dhawan. Chandrayaan - 1 ( , ( ; lit : Moon vehicle ) was India 's first lunar probe . It was launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation in October 2008 , and operated until August 2009 . The mission included a lunar orbiter and an impactor . India launched the spacecraft using a PSLV - XL rocket , serial number C11 , on 22 October 2008 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre , Sriharikota , Nellore District , Andhra Pradesh , about 80 km north of Chennai , at 06:22 IST ( 00:52 UTC ) . Prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee announced the project on course in his Independence Day speech on 15 August 2003 . The mission was a major boost to India 's space program , as India researched and developed its own technology in order to explore the Moon . The vehicle was successfully inserted into lunar orbit on 8 November 2008 . The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, commonly known by its abbreviation PSLV, is an expendable launch system developed and operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It was developed to allow India to launch its Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellites into Sun-synchronous orbits, a service that was, until the advent of the PSLV, commercially available only from Russia. PSLV can also launch small size satellites into geostationary transfer orbit (GTO).
candidates: geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle polar satellite launch vehicle
answer: polar satellite launch vehicle