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Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station
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Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station
തുമ്പ ഇക്ക്വറ്റോറിയൽ റോക്കറ്റ് വിക്ഷേപണ കേന്ദ്രം

Launch of RH-300 Mk2 from TERLS
Agency overview
Formed
1962; 55 years ago (1962)
Jurisdiction
Government of India
Headquarters
Thumba, Thiruvananthapuram, India
8°32′34″N 76°51′32″E / 8.54278°N 76.85889°E / 8.54278; 76.85889
Employees
Unknown (2008)
Annual budget
See ISRO
Parent agency
ISRO
Website
ISRO TERLS home page
The Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) is an Indian spaceport operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation. It is located in Thumba, Thiruvananthapuram which is near the southern tip of mainland India, very close to earth's magnetic equator. It is currently used by ISRO for launching sounding rockets.
Location[edit]
Thumba is located very close the magnetic equator of the Earth (located just north of Thumba), making it the ideal location for scientists to conduct atmospheric research. In fact, Thumba's 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 the Thiruvananthapuram airport in Kerala.[1] Thumba is also one of the farthest points from Pakistan and China.[2]
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "Forty years in Space". www.rediff.com. India Abroad. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
Jump up ^ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Rocket-science-of-south/articleshow/4672661
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station.
Celebrating 40 years since the establishment of TERLS
Official website of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
Coordinates: 8°32′34″N 76°51′32″E / 8.54278°N 76.85889°E / 8.54278; 76.85889
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