"The indigenously developed surface-to-surface missile was flight tested at around 8.50 AM from a mobile launcher from the Integrated Test Range launch complex-III," ITR Director S P Dash said.
The trial, conducted as part of operational exercise, was "fully successful," he said.
The test firing of the short-range ballistic missile, which has already been inducted into the armed forces, was a `user trial`, defence sources said.
The sleek missile is "handled by the specially raised strategic force command", they said, adding the missile has a length of 9 metres and is one metre in diameter. It is propelled by two engines than run on liquid fuel.
Prithvi, the first ballistic missile developed under the country`s prestigious Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP), has the capability of carrying 500 kg of warhead.
The missile uses advanced inertial guidance system with manoeuvring trajectory.