Prithvi-2 has been successfully tested for night-trial as a part of the user trial by the Army from launch complex 3 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur near Balasore in Odisha. This was its second successful trial from the same base. The launch activity was managed by the Strategic Force Command (SFC) of the Army. The trajectory of the missile was tracked by radars, electro-optical tracking systems and telemetry (process of recording and transmitting the readings of an instrument) stations by the Defence Research and Development (DRDO) along the coast of Odisha. Prithvi-2 is an indigenously developed nuclear-capable, state-of-the-art surface-to-surface missile with a strike range of 350 km. It can carry 500-1000 kgs of warheads and is powered by liquid propulsion (action of pushing forward) twin engines.
A trajectory is the curved path that an object follows, after it has been thrown or shot into the air. A missile is a weapon that is self-propelled or directed by remote control, carrying conventional or nuclear explosive. Radars are devices for determining position or speed of objects such as aircraft or ships when they cannot be seen, by using radio signals.