India's 2nd spaceport coming up near Tuticorin, TN
Days after Union minister for department of space Jitendra Singh informed the Rajya Sabha in the current session that “the government has a proposal to set up a rocket launching pad near Kulasekarapattinam in Tamil Nadu”, Isro chairman K Sivan confirmed to TOI that the “land acquisition process has started in Tuticorin for the second spacesport”. Major space-faring countries have multiple rocket launch centres.