The ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC), located at Mahendragiri of

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, is an

Indian Space Research Organisation The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO; ) is the national space agency of India, headquartered in Bengaluru. It operates under the Department of Space (DOS) which is directly overseen by the Prime Minister of India, while the Chairman ...

centre involved in testing, assembling, and integrating propulsion systems and stages that are developed at ISRO's

Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre The Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre (LPSC) is a research and development centre functioning under Indian Space Research Organisation. It has two units located at Valiamala, in Thiruvananthapuram of Kerala, and Bengaluru of Karnataka. LPSC is a ...

s. Formerly, IPRC was known as LPSC, Mahendragiri, functioning under LPSC. It was elevated as an independent centre and renamed as IPRC with effect from 1 February 2014. The complex is situated near

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in Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu. It is one of the ISRO centres that could be called as the "Jet Propulsion Laboratory of India" as all liquid,

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and semicryogenic stage and engine related tests of ISRO's launch vehicles and satellites are carried out here.

Facilities

Following activities are currently carried out at IPRC: *Assembly, integration and testing of launch vehicle motors and stages *Servicing of launch vehicle motors and stages *Propellant storage *Sea level and high altitude tests of Vikas, PS2/GS2, PS4, L40, L110, S200,

CE-7.5 The CE-7.5 is a cryogenic rocket engine developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation to power the upper stage of its GSLV Mk-2 launch vehicle. The engine was developed as a part of the Cryogenic Upper Stage Project (CUSP). It replaced the ...

and CE-20 cryogenic engines, and steering engines *L40 and CE-7.5 development and qualification tests *Assembly and integration of flight stages PS2/GS2, PS4, L40 for

PSLV The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) is an expendable medium-lift launch vehicle designed and operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). It was developed to allow India to launch its Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellite ...

and

GSLV Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) is an expendable launch system operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). GSLV was used in fourteen launches from 2001 to 2021. Even though GSLV Mark III shares the name, it is an ...

missions *Assembly and integration of LAM engine and AOCS thruster for satellites

References

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