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  India's space program expands: ISRO to get third launch pad at Sriharikota for heavy-lift missions

  Science | December 28, 2025 13:34 IST

  India is scaling its space infrastructure to accommodate a new generation of heavy satellites (12,000–14,000 kg), necessitating the development of more powerful launch vehicles.

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  Centre approves to build 3rd launch pad at Sriharikota | Know its budget, timeline and features

  India | January 17, 2025 11:48 IST

  The expeditious establishment of a third launch pad to cater to a heavier class of next-generation launch vehicles and as a standby for SLP is highly essential to meet the evolving space transportation requirements for another 25-30 years.

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  Government approves construction of third launch pad at ISRO's Satish Dhawan Space Centre

  Science | January 16, 2025 21:40 IST

  ISRO currently has two launch pads used for various space missions. The space agency will utilise the upcoming launch pad in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, for its future missions.

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  Modi Cabinet approves Rs 3,984 crore third launch pad at ISRO's Sriharikota for space missions

  India | January 16, 2025 16:44 IST

  PM Modi-led Cabinet has approved a Rs 3,984 crore third launch pad at ISRO's Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. The facility will support next-gen launch vehicles, human spaceflight missions, and LVM-3 launches, set to be completed in 48 months.

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  80 terrorists waiting to enter India, Launch pads active across LoC

  India | April 19, 2022 17:14 IST

  The LoC has been witnessing ceasefire since last February and officials said that the Pakistani army, after facing severe reverses in 2019, has used this time for fortification of its positions along the border with around 8,000 tonnes of defence material.

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  ISRO new launchpad in Tamil Nadu to save fuel, increase payload capacity

  India | June 29, 2020 9:49 IST

  ISRO is one step closer to setting up the spaceport, as local officials expect the Tamil Nadu government to pass an order that will allow Isro officials to enter the property and start work. Tamil Nadu had begun the land acquisition process for the spaceport in December 2019. Around 2,300 acres of land has been earmarked across three villages — Mathavankurichi, Padukapathu and Pallakurichi for setting up the space station.

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  Intel input reveals 300 terrorists, including Afghans, being trained at PoK launchpads

  India | January 10, 2020 18:24 IST

  An approximate 300 terrorists, including some from Afghanistan, are being trained at launchpads in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK), reveals an intelligence input shared with the government just three months after Indian Army killed 6-10 Pakistani terrorists and soldiers in the region's Neelam Valley in a major artillery counter-offensive, targeting four such terror launchpads.

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  New terror camps, launchpads mushroom in PoK, along LoC

  India | May 03, 2017 7:04 IST

  New terror training camps and launchpads have emerged across the Line of Control (LoC) over the past few months while the ones which had shifted back have come back closer to the LoC.

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  40-45 terror launch pads, guarded by Pakistani army, resurface along LoC and IB: Report

  India | December 13, 2016 8:33 IST

  Over two months after the Indian Army carried out surgical strikes on terror launch pads in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir killing 40-45 terrorists, intelligence agencies have warned that several similar launch pads have resurfaced in PoK.

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  'Four more terror launch pads spotted along International Border'

  India | November 03, 2016 11:26 IST

  the Army’s military intelligence (MI) in Jammu and Kashmir has now spotted at least four more terror launch pads across the international border.

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  No better launch pad than 'Commando' for Pooja Chopra

  Bollywood | March 15, 2013 21:59 IST

  Mumbai, March 15: Miss India 2009 Pooja Chopra makes her big screen debut with action-packed "Commando" and says she couldn't have asked for a better launch pad."I can't ask for a better launch. Right now

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  'Always Kabhi Kabhi' A Perfect Launch Pad: Zoa

  Bollywood | March 16, 2011 20:53 IST

  Mumbai, Mar 16: Actress Zoa Morani, who makes her film debut with Shahrukh Khan's 'Always Kabhi Kabhi', believes the movie is the perfect launch pad for her in Bollywood. "I feel the movie is the