ISRO Propulsion Complex
Location of Mahendragiri in Tirunelveli district | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Jurisdiction | Department of Space |
| Headquarters | Mahendragiri, Tirunelveli district 8°16′57″N 77°33′57″E / 8.2825479°N 77.5658637°E |
| Employees | 600+ |
| Annual budget | See the budget of ISRO |
| Agency executive |
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| Parent agency | ISRO |
| Website | www |
The ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC), located at Mahendragiri in Tamil Nadu, is an Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) centre involved in testing, assembling, and integrating propulsion systems and stages that are developed at ISRO's Liquid Propulsion Systems Centres (LPSC). 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 Panagudi 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, cryogenic and semicryogenic stage and engine related tests of ISRO's launch vehicles and satellites are carried out here.