{"id":21042,"date":"2024-02-29T02:26:35","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T20:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=21042"},"modified":"2025-04-06T09:25:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T03:55:09","slug":"kulasekarapattinam-spaceport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/kulasekarapattinam-spaceport\/","title":{"rendered":"Kulasekarapattinam Spaceport"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Kulasekarapattinam Spaceport<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a\u00a0new spaceport coming up\u00a0at Kulasekarapattinam, a coastal hamlet near the temple town of Tiruchendur in\u00a0Thoothukudi district in southern Tamil Nadu.<\/li>\n<li>It will be\u00a0second after the space agency\u2019s\u00a0existing Satish Dhawan Space Centre, founded in Andhra Pradesh\u2019s Sriharikota in 1971, with two launch pads.<\/li>\n<li>It will\u00a0focus on the launch of Small Satellite Launch Vehicles (SSLVs)\u00a0on a commercial basis.<\/li>\n<li>It will house 35 facilities, including a launch pad, rocket integration facilities, ground range and checkout facilities, and a mobile launch structure (MLS) with checkout computers.<\/li>\n<li>It would have the capacity to\u00a0launch 24 satellites\u00a0per year\u00a0using a\u00a0mobile launch structure.<\/li>\n<li>Spread over 2,350 acres, the Kulasekharapatnam spaceport will\u00a0help save fuel\u00a0for small rocket launches as the port can launch rockets directly south over the Indian Ocean without requiring crossing landmasses.\u00a0\n<ul>\n<li>This is\u00a0unlike the existing launch site at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre,\u00a0which adds more fuel requirements for launching into a polar orbit\u00a0as rockets need to follow a curved path to the south to avoid Sri Lanka\u2019s landmass.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>It is estimated to cost Rs. 986 crore.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Key Facts about Small Satellite Launch Vehicles (SSLVs)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>SSLV is a\u00a03-stage Launch Vehicle configured with\u00a0three Solid Propulsion Stages and\u00a0liquid propulsion-based Velocity Trimming Module (VTM) as a terminal stage.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>SSLV is 2m in diameter and 34m in length with\u00a0lift off weight of 120 tonnes.<\/li>\n<li>SSLV is capable of\u00a0launching 500kg satellite in\u00a0500 km planar orbit.<\/li>\n<li>The key features of SSLV are\u00a0Low cost,\u00a0with\u00a0low turn-around time, flexibility in\u00a0accommodating multiple satellites,\u00a0Launch on demand feasibility,\u00a0minimal launch infrastructure\u00a0requirements, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV)?<\/h3>\n<p>It is a space launch vehicle designed, developed and operated by the ISRO to launch satellites and other space objects into Geosynchronous Transfer Orbits (GTO).GSLV has the capability to put a heavier payload (up to 5,000 kg up to 37,000 km) in orbit than the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV can carry up to 2000 kg into space up to 600-900 km).GSLV is a 3-stage launcher with strap-on motors. The first stage &#8211; uses the solid rocket motor with four liquid engine strap-on motors. This stage generates maximum thrust. The second stage uses a liquid rocket engine which is known as Vikas engine. The third stage uses a Cryogenic engine, which uses liquefied oxygen and hydrogen as fuel.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindubusinessline.com\/news\/kulasekarapattinam-a-sweet-spot-for-small-rocket-launches\/article67894593.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Kulasekarapattinam: A sweet spot for small rocket launches<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kulasekarapattinam Spaceport is a new spaceport coming up at Kulasekarapattinam, a coastal hamlet near the temple town of Tiruchendur in Thoothukudi district in southern Tamil Nadu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":21043,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-21042","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}