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Tirunelveli
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Thanjavur
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Tiruchirappalli
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Thoothukodi
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Detailed explanation-1: -Arun Ram. On Saturday, former Isro scientist and Chandrayaan-1 project director Mylswamy Annadurai told a gathering of space scientists and entrepreneurs at IIT Madras that work would soon begin on India’s second spaceport at Kulasekharapatnam in south Tamil Nadu.
Detailed explanation-2: -Once completed, Kulasekarapattinam will be the country’s second spaceport after Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the next couple of years, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will get its second launchpad in Kulasekarapattinam in Tamil Nadu’s Thoothukudi district with the Tamil Nadu government almost completing the land acquisition process for the ambitious project.
Detailed explanation-4: -Initially, the launches of the SSLV will be done from Sriharikota but once the second spaceport is completed, subsequent launches will be shifted there. The advantages of the new spaceport include straight southward launches as the current rockets have to be maneuvered around Sri Lanka.
Detailed explanation-5: -Currently, rockets are launched from the Sriharikota spaceport operated by the ISRO, which is close to Chennai.