Aerospace Diary

Neelam Mathews Dec 20, 2012 The Indian Army’s Strategic Forces Command (SFC) successfully test-fired the Prithvi-II missile from the DRDO range facility at Chandipur off the Odisha coast today, says a statement. The entire trajectory of the missile was tracked by a battery of sophisticated radars, telemetry observation stations, electro-optic instruments and naval ships. The Prithvi-II missile is equipped with advanced high accuracy navigation system and guided by an innovative guidance scheme.  The improved Circular Error Probability (CEP) achieved is a testimony to the efficacy of this missile system.

 Watch viideo by clicking link- PIIA-30_S_clip_NEWHD_720_Hi.wmv 22092K   Download    Posted by Neelam Mathews Aug 25, 2012 DRDO developed single stage Liquid Propelled Vehicle surface to surface PRITHVI ( P-II ) missile was successfully flight tested from Launch Complex III, Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur, Balasore District in Orissa. The launch was carried out by the Strategic Force Command ( SFC ) as part of regular training exercise, says the MoD.   PRITHVI II has a range of   350 Km, is India’s earliest developed and inducted indigenous surface to surface strategic missiles. Guided by an Inertial Navigation System (INS) and controlled by the thrust vector control and aero-dynamic control systems, the missile reached the predefined target in the Bay of Bengal with a very high accuracy of better than 10 meters. On September 24, 2010 the user trial of   Prithvi-II   from Chandipur in Orissa failed as it...