<p>New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved construction of a third launch pad at Sriharikota space port, which the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/india-space-research-organisation">Indian Space Research Organisation</a> will need for ambitious future missions like taking an Indian to the moon and realising the Bharatiya Antriksh Station</p><p>To be built at a cost of nearly Rs 4,000 crore, the third launch pad will be ready in four years, officials said here.</p><p>The facility will be ready before the scheduled first flight of the Next Generation Launch Vehicle - an advanced heavy-lift rocket to carry12 tonnes of payload to the geosynchronous transfer orbit at an altitude of 37,000 km.</p><p>Last September, the Union Government approved the Rs 8.200 crore NGLV project, giving the space agency a target of 2031 to carry out the first flight.</p>.India masters the art of docking satellites in space; join elite club.<p>ISRO chairman V Narayanan said the third launch pad would be used for NGLV as well as LVM-3 that can carry four tonnes of payload to the GTO. The NGLV’s height will be more than 91 mt making it taller than Qutab Minar.</p><p>The third launch pad is designed to have a universal and adaptable configuration to support not only NGLV but also the LVM3 vehicles with semi-cryogenic stage as well as scaled up configurations of NGLV. It will be realized at a cost of Rs 3,984.86 crore with maximum industry participation fully utilizing ISRO’s experience in establishing the earlier launch pads.</p><p>The first launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota came up nearly 30 years ago for PSLV and it supports the SSLV now. The second pad, which is in operation for 20 years, supports the GSLV and LVM-3.</p><p>"The third launch pad to cater to a heavier class of Next Generation Launch Vehicles and as a stand-by for the second pad is highly essential to meet the evolving space transportation requirements for another 25-30 years," an official said.</p><p>The ISRO is also building its second launch station at Kulasekharapattinam in Tamil Nadu, which is likely to be ready by 2026.</p>
<p>New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved construction of a third launch pad at Sriharikota space port, which the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/india-space-research-organisation">Indian Space Research Organisation</a> will need for ambitious future missions like taking an Indian to the moon and realising the Bharatiya Antriksh Station</p><p>To be built at a cost of nearly Rs 4,000 crore, the third launch pad will be ready in four years, officials said here.</p><p>The facility will be ready before the scheduled first flight of the Next Generation Launch Vehicle - an advanced heavy-lift rocket to carry12 tonnes of payload to the geosynchronous transfer orbit at an altitude of 37,000 km.</p><p>Last September, the Union Government approved the Rs 8.200 crore NGLV project, giving the space agency a target of 2031 to carry out the first flight.</p>.India masters the art of docking satellites in space; join elite club.<p>ISRO chairman V Narayanan said the third launch pad would be used for NGLV as well as LVM-3 that can carry four tonnes of payload to the GTO. The NGLV’s height will be more than 91 mt making it taller than Qutab Minar.</p><p>The third launch pad is designed to have a universal and adaptable configuration to support not only NGLV but also the LVM3 vehicles with semi-cryogenic stage as well as scaled up configurations of NGLV. It will be realized at a cost of Rs 3,984.86 crore with maximum industry participation fully utilizing ISRO’s experience in establishing the earlier launch pads.</p><p>The first launch pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota came up nearly 30 years ago for PSLV and it supports the SSLV now. The second pad, which is in operation for 20 years, supports the GSLV and LVM-3.</p><p>"The third launch pad to cater to a heavier class of Next Generation Launch Vehicles and as a stand-by for the second pad is highly essential to meet the evolving space transportation requirements for another 25-30 years," an official said.</p><p>The ISRO is also building its second launch station at Kulasekharapattinam in Tamil Nadu, which is likely to be ready by 2026.</p>
