ISRO Propulsion Complex

ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC)
	Location of Mahendragiri in Tirunelveli district
Agency overview
Jurisdiction	Department of Space
Headquarters	Mahendragiri, Tirunelveli district; 8°16′57″N 77°33′57″E
Employees	600+
Annual budget	See the budget of ISRO
Agency executive	J. Asir Packiaraj , Director;
Parent agency	ISRO
Website	www.iprc.gov.in

The ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC), located at Mahendragiri of 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. 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.

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