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Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station

Coordinates:8°32′34″N76°51′32″E / 8.54278°N 76.85889°E /8.54278; 76.85889
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Indian spaceport

Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station
Launch of RH-300 Mk2 from TERLS
Map
Interactive map of Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station
LocationThumba,Thiruvananthapuram,Kerala, India
Coordinates8°32′34″N76°51′32″E / 8.54278°N 76.85889°E /8.54278; 76.85889
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (IST)
Short nameTERLS
Established21 November 1963; 62 years ago (1963-11-21)
OperatorISRO

Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) is India's first rocket launching station and was established on 21 November 1963.[1][2] Operated byISRO, it is located inThumba,Thiruvananthapuram, which is near the southwestern tip of mainland India, very close to Earth'smagnetic equator. It is currently used by ISRO for launchingsounding rockets.[1]

The first rockets were assembled in the former St Louis High School, which now houses a space museum.[3] The local Bishop of Trivandrum, Rev. Peter Bernard Periera, along with Vincent Victor Dereere (aBelgian) and district collector Madhavan Nair were instrumental in acquiring a large parcel of land measuring 600 acres from coastal community.[4] Periera had given away the prayer hall and bishop's room in the local church. Minister of State for External Affairs,Lakshmi N. Menon helped to smooth bureaucratic hurdles facing the project inDelhi.[5]H. G. S. Murthy was appointed as the first Director of Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station.[6]

Rockets launched from the site includeRH-300,M-100,Nike Apache,Arcas,Boosted Arcas,Skua 1,Centaure, Centaure 2A, Centaure 2B,Nike Tomahawk,Dragon 1,Judi-Dart, Boosted Arcas 2,Petrel 1, RH-75, Skua 2,Sandhawk Tomahawk, Menaka II, RH-125, M-100B, M-100A, RH-200 and RH-300 Mk II.[2]

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The site has five launchpads:

Location

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Thumba's[12] location at 8°32'34" N and 76°51'32" E is ideal for low-altitude, upper atmosphere and ionosphere studies. Thumba is a small fishing village situated close to theThiruvananthapuram airport inKerala.[13][14]

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References

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  1. ^ab"Sounding Rockets - ISRO".www.isro.gov.in. Archived fromthe original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved11 September 2019.
  2. ^abWade, Mark (2019)."Thumba".astronautix.com.Archived from the original on 21 May 2022. Retrieved12 November 2023.
  3. ^Pal, Sanchari (8 November 2016)."Transported on a Bicycle, Launched from a Church: The Amazing Story of India's First Rocket Launch".The Better India.Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved4 September 2019.
  4. ^Joseph, Verghese (23 July 2019)."When ISRO Aimed For the Heavens, a Tiny Church in Kerala Said Amen!".Indian Catholic Matters.Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved26 October 2020.
  5. ^"Remembering the guiding light".Deccan Chronicle. 30 November 2019.Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved26 October 2020.
  6. ^Pawar, Ashwini (29 July 2015)."I'm proud that I recommended him for ISRO: EV Chitnis".Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved13 July 2021.
  7. ^Wade, Mark (2019)."Thumba Pad 1".astronautix.com.Archived from the original on 12 November 2023. Retrieved12 November 2023.
  8. ^Wade, Mark (2019)."Thumba Pad 2".astronautix.com. Retrieved1 March 2024.
  9. ^Wade, Mark (2019)."Thumba Pad 3".astronautix.com. Retrieved1 March 2024.
  10. ^Wade, Mark (2019)."Thumba Pad 4".astronautix.com. Retrieved1 March 2024.
  11. ^Wade, Mark (2019)."Thumba Pad 5".astronautix.com.Archived from the original on 17 January 2022. Retrieved12 November 2023.
  12. ^Ley, Willy (June 1964)."Anyone Else for Space?". For Your Information.Galaxy Science Fiction. pp. 110–128.
  13. ^Iype, George (20 November 2003)."Forty years in Space".www.rediff.com. India Abroad.Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved10 May 2016.
  14. ^Ram, Arun (19 February 2015)."Rocket science of south".The Times of India.Archived from the original on 12 November 2022. Retrieved12 November 2022.

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