Question

The Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) is located near ______.
1. Somnath
2. Thiruvananthapuram
3. Sriharikota
4. Chandipur

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Thiruvananthapuram

The correct answer is Thiruvananthapuram.

• The Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) is located near Thiruvananthapuram.

• The Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) was established on 21^st November 1963.
• The RH-75 is a rocket in the “Rohini” series of sounding rockets.
• RH-75 (Rohini-75) was the first indigenously developed rocket by ISRO (Indian Space and Research Organization) in India was launched from the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) on 20^th November 1967.
• Thumba is close to the magnetic equator and ideal for this programme.
• RH-75 had a diameter of 75 mm and hence the name. It weighed 32 kg and had a height of 1.5 m. It was a one-stage rocket. It flew 15 times between November 1967 and September 1968.
• In 1975, all sounding rocket activities were consolidated under one programme, the Rohini Sounding Rocket (RSR) Programme.
• The sounding rocket programme was the basis of all future launch vehicle technology that the ISRO has built.
• The research in the sounding rocket domain has been led by the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSCC) at Thiruvananthapuram.
• The launch of the RH-75 was a truly remarkable feat for a developing country.
• It proved the capabilities of the Indian space scientists and researchers.
• The Indian space programme has truly come a long way from the small ‘toy rocket’ RH-75 to Mangalyaan, the Mars Orbiter.
• Satish Dawan Space Centre is a rocket launch centre operated by ISRO and located in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.

 

•  ISO Headquarter - Bengaluru
• ISRO formed - 15^th August 1969
• Chairman of ISRO - Kailasavadivoo Sivan
• Father of Indian Space Programme - Dr Vikram Sarabhai