Thumba equatorial rocket launching station

Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) is an Indian spaceport established on 21 November 1963. Operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), it is located in Thumba, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 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. The local Bishop, Rev. Peter Ber…

Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) which is operated by Indian Slpace research organisation is located within 16 kms from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) was mainly established for the purpose of conducting experiments that would provide advanced knowledge in the field of agriculture, telecommunication, weather forecasting as well as other usage of infrared in advanced technology. This station has been established within 220 hectares which includes the headquarters, a control room, laboratory and workshop and three launching pads. While the main office of the scientists is built in a local Catholic church, the cattle shed which is at some distance served as laboratory while the Bishop's house was used as the workshop for the young scientists. Thumba was the first rocket launching centre in India which experienced the launching of sounding rockets. Facilities in Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station provides number facilities which include infrastructural provisions for propellant testing, rocket designing, rocket motor casting, integration, payload assembly, testing as well as evaluation which can serve for launching sounding rockets from its launch pads. TERLS largely focuses on testing and building of rockets with an elaborate workshop which also launches the rockets as well. Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station includes some ground infrastr...

Have you ever wondered why an athlete getting ready to throw a discus pivots on their foot and circles round and round before making the throw? What they are doing is gaining velocity before they release the discus. And the greater the velocity, the further the throw. Easy peasy. Now, zoom out of the athletics field and hover over the earth, in space. If the athlete was aiming to launch the discus along the path of the equator, wouldn’t it be easier if he or she were aligned with the equator, or at least close to it? That’s what happens every time India launches a rocket or a satellite from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, or the Sriharikota High Altitude Range, India's primary spaceport or rocket launching station. It’s been a 51-year odyssey that began in 1969, when the space centre was set up on the coast of Andhra Pradesh by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). So why was Sriharikota chosen over other locations as India’s main satellite launch station? And what do satellites have to do with a discus throw? Here’s how it all ties in. • Equatorial Equation: Most satellites orbit the earth around the equator, and Southern India is closer to the equator than other regions of the country. So launching from here saves expensive rocket fuel. Did you know that satellites that orbit the earth at the equator are called ‘geostationary’ satellites and that they play a crucial role in weather and communications? Moving along the equator, these satellites take the same time...

TNN / Sep 06, 2021, 04:05 (IST) Dramatic scenes were witnessed outside Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre’s (VSSC) gate at South Thumba when a section of trade union members and local residents blocked the movement of trailer transporting massive cargo to the VSSC demanding ‘nokkukooli’, following which the movement of the vehicle was delayed for more than two hours. TNN / Dec 02, 2019, 02:28 (IST) Isro chief K Sivan said the spaceport at Tuticorin will “mainly cater to launches of newly developed Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV or mini-PSLV). The initial launches (around two) of the SSLV will be from Sriharikota but once the second spaceport is ready, subsequent SSLV launches will be shifted there,” he said. TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Oct 13, 2021, 17:26 (IST) The government is ushering in reforms to allow private enterprises to participate in end-to-end space activities and help achieve the country’s goal of enhancing its share in the global economy. This will throw up both challenges and opportunities. Are we ready? TNN / Aug 12, 2016, 12:19 (IST) After the installation of India's second indigenously developed C-Band Polarimetric Doppler Radar at Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) here, officials at the Indian meteorological department (IMD) here look forward to its effective operation to ensure nowcasting (weather forecasting) for accurate weather prediction and to forecast storms and cyclones an hour or two ahead to save human lives. TNN / Jan 23, 2016, 21:57 (IST) After the ...