The second test was performed on September 15, 2013 from the Wheeler Island off Odisha coast.
Both the time the missile was test-fired from a mobile launcher from Launch Complex 4 of the Integrated Test Range.
Chinese experts say that the intercontinental ballistic missile has the potential to reach targets 8000 km away and that the Indian government has deliberately downplayed the missile's capability in order to avoid causing concern to other countries.
Agni V launch is a significant demonstration of the country's technological abilities.
The earlier, shorter-range Agni series missiles were designed to fortify the country's border and to reach every corner of western neighbour Pakistan.
But the series IV and V have been built entirely in India, with China in mind.
