The Kulasekarapattinam spaceport will be ready in two years to launch small satellites.
This upcoming facility would have the capacity to launch 24 satellites per year.
When a satellite is launched into space from ISRO’s Sriharikota facility, the rocket first heads east, and then turn south.
But the satellite launch from Kulasekaranpattinam spaceport doesn’t have to take this diversion and the rockets can now head straight in the southern direction.
Also, Kulasekaranpattinam is closer to the equator than Sriharikota.
SSLVs can be used to launch satellites that weigh less than 500 kg into the lower earth orbit.