The Cabinet approved Second Vehicle Assembly Building at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, SDSC SHAR. It would involve an estimated cost of Rs. 363.95 crore with a foreign exchange component of Rs. 7 crore. It would provide enhanced launch frequency of PSLV and GSLV by facilitating parallel integration operations. It will also provide redundancy to existing Vehicle Assembly Building for integration of GSLV MK-III and also as a prime integration facility for third launch pad and future general launch vehicles. AIR correspondent reports, SDSC SHAR currently has two operation launch pads providing launch support for the satellites. There has been an increasing demand for launching of satellites from Sriharikota. Source: newsonair.nic.in
Posted on: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 19:52:53 +0000
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