Work Progressing Well For Setting Up ISRO's Second Spaceport At Kulasekharapatnam
Vehicle assembly building and the two launchpads seen at India's SHAR
spaceport
Chennai: Annadurai, former Program Director, Chandrayaan and Mangalyaan
said that the land acquisition is over and initial works for setting up a
launchpad are ongoing at Kulasekharapatnam.
Talking to ANI, Annadurai said, “Parliament and government along with the
Chairman of ISRO had stated that land acquisition has been well and initial
works towards the Kulasekharapatnam launchpad are going on in Tamil Nadu.”
TN | Parliament & Govt along with chairman of ISRO had stated that land acquisition has been well & initial works towards the Kulasekharapatnam launchpad are going on in Tamil Nadu: Annadurai, Program Director, Chandrayaan and Mangalyaan (14.11) pic.twitter.com/EctkRGBykr
— ANI (@ANI) November 15, 2022
Earlier, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) acquired land for a
proposed rocket launch site in Tamil Nadu. They also undertook the land
consolidation works at the site in Thoothukudi district.
Talking to reporters, Somanath said that the land consolidation work is
undertaken within the boundary wall.
Kulasekharapattinam Launch Pad
Currently, India has two launch pads at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. The
first launch pad was set up at Sriharikota in 1970s. The launchpad located on
the east coast and close to the equator helps rockets to travel rapidly. The
launchpad is also closer to the sea to avoid any untoward incidents even if
there's a mishap in the rocket.
Against this backdrop, the works are on to set up another spaceport in Tamil
Nadu in order to help with the launch of low-cost commercial satellites. These
small satellites will have great commercial potential.
Also, Kulasekharam was earmarked since rockets from Sriharikota take a curved
path and this increases the risk of external attack since it flies above Sri
Lankan territory. Hence, the rockets were conditioned to avoid the SL
territory. However, the conditioning incurred fuel loss. Therefore, India
decided on Kulasekharapatinam where rockets could be launched in a straight
line instead of the curve route.
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