ISRO’s ROCKET LAUNCHPAD

Dec. 13, 2019

Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has begun preparatory works for setting up a third rocket launchpad in the small coastal hamlet of Kulashekhrapattinam in the Thuthukudi district of Tamil Nadu.

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At present, the ISRO has two launch pads at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
The demand for additional launch pads has arisen as a result of the increase in the number of satellite launches from India, both for domestic and international customers. ISRO says that it had launched as many as 17 missions in 2018 alone.
Recently, Union Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office informed Rajya Sabha that the government had a proposal to set up a rocket launching pad near Kulasekarapattinam in Tamil Nadu.

Source : All India Radio

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