Balasore (Orissa), Jan 11 (Inditop.com) India Monday successfully test fired the Astra air-to-air missile from its Integrated Test Range (ITR) off the Orissa coast.

The beyond visual range air-to-air missile was tested at the Chandipur test range at about 9.45 a.m.

“The test was a success,” S.P. Dash, director of the ITR, told Inditop.

Another Astra missile is scheduled to be tested from the same test range later in the day, he added.