Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station


The Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station is an Indian spaceport established on 21 November 1963, 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.
The first rockets were assembled in former St Louis High School, which houses now a space museum.

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