The Second Launch Pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre is a rocket launch site in Sriharikota, India. It is the second of two launch pads at the centre,The Second Launch Pad or SLP was designed, supplied, erected & commissioned by MECON Limited a Govt of Indian Enterprise, located at Ranchi (Jharkhand, India) during the period March,1999 to December 2003. It cost about Rs 400 Cr at that time. However it became operational only on 5 May 2005 with the launching of PSLV C6. MECON's sub-contractors for this project included Inox India, HEC,Tata Growth, Goderej Boyce, Simplex, Nagarjuna Construction, Steelage etc. The other Launch Pad being the First Launch Pad.