{"id":85409,"date":"2019-12-13T17:52:13","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T12:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=12347"},"modified":"2019-12-13T17:52:13","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T12:22:13","slug":"isro-begins-preparations-for-setting-up-third-rocket-launchpad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/isro-begins-preparations-for-setting-up-third-rocket-launchpad\/","title":{"rendered":"ISRO begins preparations for setting up third rocket Launchpad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has begun preparatory works for setting up a third rocket Launchpad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Third Launchpad<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>&nbsp;It will set up in a coastal hamlet of Kulashekhrapattinam in the Thuthukudi district, Tamil Nadu.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>It is intended to support:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>increased launch frequency,<\/li><li>provide active redundancy to existing launch pads and<\/li><li>To support launching requirements of advanced launch vehicles.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Present Launchpads<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>At present, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has <strong>two launchpads<\/strong> at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota Range (SDSC-SHAR).<\/li><li>SHAR is situated in an island off Sullurupeta &#8211; a small town in Nellore district, Andhra Pradesh.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/H9KLSGtrui3VuZInHYNLiHDgRCQRSjrJm3B3KhoVRlEZXxsC0EaREPUKCuDB-bvsMg5KA4mp8lbw_BlchBfxv8a83I_w5v-s4cYO8n9BFo6yC7XdGUitsn_WihYv3OMcXqMsTU1P\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has begun preparatory works for setting up a third rocket Launchpad. Facts: About Third Launchpad &nbsp;It will set up in a coastal hamlet of Kulashekhrapattinam in the Thuthukudi district, Tamil Nadu.&nbsp; It is intended to support: increased launch frequency, provide active redundancy to existing launch pads and To support&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/isro-begins-preparations-for-setting-up-third-rocket-launchpad\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ISRO begins preparations for setting up third rocket Launchpad<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1738],"tags":[2756],"class_list":["post-85409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","tag-satellite-launchpads","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704893693},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85409\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}