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The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), in collaboration with the Strategic Forces Command (SFC), carried out the "successful" launch.
The Agni-1 missile has a range of 700- 900 km and it can carry a payload of 1,000 kg.
The 5,000-km range missile was test-fired from an island off Odisha coast.
The function is scheduled to start at 11.30 am, and it will be presided over by IIIT Kottayam's Director Dr Rajiv V Dharaskar.
It was the first time a ballistic missile had landed near the South's waters since the peninsula was divided in 1945, and the most missiles fired by the North in a single day.
The test-firing was carried around 7:50 pm from APJ Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha.
The nuclear-capable missile has been designed and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
The 2000 plus km range surface to surface missile has already been inducted and is part of country's arsenal for strategic deterrence.
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