The third launch pad planned at ISRO's Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota, is going to be something special — the launch pad is also being designed to accommodate the proposed Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV), India's dream space shuttle which is on the designing board, ISRO officials said.

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has also started designing a landing strip for the Reusable Launch Vehicle at the Sriharikota Range. The third pad is being constructed one kilometer south of the spaceport's second pad, which was used to lift the PSLV-XL rocket's Chandrayaan-I mission in 2008. It is expected to be completed by 2015, coinciding with the Human Space Flight Mission for which the GSLV rocket is to be used. (Source: Press Trust Of India)