CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -ISRO PROPULSION COMPLEX (IPRC), formerly known as Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre, Mahendragiri (LPSC-M), is located near Kanyakumari at Mahendragiri Hills, Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu.

Detailed explanation-2: -The ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC), located at Mahendragiri of Tamil Nadu, is an Indian Space Research Organisation centre involved in testing, assembling, and integrating propulsion systems and stages that are developed at ISRO’s Liquid Propulsion Systems Centres.

Detailed explanation-3: -Shri. M. Badarinarayana Murthy, Outstanding Scientist is the Director of ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC) Mahendragiri, TamilNadu, the only testing hub of ISRO’s Liquid Propulsion systems both for launch vehicles and spacecrafts.

Detailed explanation-4: -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 augmented by ISRO Propulsion Complex at Mahendragiri of Tamil Nadu.

Detailed explanation-5: -ISRO has a total of 21 centres spread across India and they are responsible for various aspects of space research such as manufacturing satellites, developing launch vehicles or even tracking them once they have been launched into orbit around Earth or beyond.