Launch Pad - TERLS (Thumba Equitorial Rocket Launching Station) (Thiruvananthapuram)

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Launch Pad - TERLS (Thumba Equitorial Rocket Launching Station)

Indias first rocket launching pad/station from which The first sounding rocket, Nike-Apache, was launched on 21 Nov 1963, followed by the The Rohini Sounding Rocket (RSR) series from 1967.
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Coordinates:   8°31'59"N   76°52'3"E

Comments

  • Here is from where India's first rocket lifted off.
  • thats true
  • BECAUSE OF LOT OF PUBLIC LIFE SURROUNDING,THIS AREA IS NOT IN ACTIVE USE,AND SPACE IS SHIFTED TO SOME SAFER PLACE .... .. I GUESS
  • Still we have weekly rocket launcing happening from here
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