Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station
Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station is India's first rocket launching station and was established on 21 November 1963. Operated by ISRO, it is located in Thumba, Thiruvananthapuram, which is near the southwestern tip of mainland India, very close to Earth's magnetic equator.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Space center
- Description: Indian spaceport
- Also known as: “TERLS”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include VSSC Central School and St Xavier’s College Ground.
VSSC Central School
School
VSSC Central School is an English-medium co-educational public school located in the suburb of Thumba, in Thiruvananthapuram, in the Indian state of Kerala. VSSC Central School is situated 2 km northeast of Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station.
St Xavier’s College Ground
Pitch
St Xavier's College Ground is a cricket ground in Thumba, Thiruvananthapuram, India. The first recorded match on the ground was in 2014/15. It was used as a venue for a first-class match in the 2016–17 Ranji Trophy tournament between Assam and Vidarbha. St Xavier’s College Ground is situated 3 km north of Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station.
Kazhakuttam railway station
Railway station
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Kazhakuttam railway station is an NSG–5 category Indian railway station in Thiruvananthapuram railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is one of the 5 railway stations serving the Indian city of Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of the state of Kerala. Kazhakuttam railway station is situated 3½ km northeast of Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thumba and Kazhakoottam.
Thumba
Village
Thumba is a coastal area of Thiruvananthapuram city, the capital of Kerala, India. Thumba is situated 2½ km east of Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station.
Kazhakoottam
Suburb
Kazhakkoottam is a major urban area in the city of Thiruvananthapuram, India. The largest IT park in the country in terms of developed area, Technopark, along with Technocity-an upcoming integrated IT township-is situated at 6km North of kazhakkoottam. Kazhakoottam is situated 4½ km northeast of Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station.
Puthenthope
Village
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Puthenthope is a coastal village in Thiruvananthapuram district in Kerala, India, and situated 19 km northwest of city centre, 16 km from Thiruvananthapuram International Airport. Puthenthope is situated 4½ km north of Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station.
Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station
- Categories: spaceport and transportation
- Location: Kerala, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Telugu—“Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “থুম্বা নিরক্ষীয় রকেট উৎক্ষেপণ কেন্দ্র”
- Catalan: “Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station”
- Cebuano: “Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station”
- Chinese: “顿巴赤道火箭发射站”
- Finnish: “Thumban rakettikeskus”
- Gujarati: “થુમ્બા રૉકેટમથક”
- Hindi: “थुम्बा इक्वेटोरियल रॉकेट लॉन्चिंग स्टेशन”
- Hungarian: “Thumba egyenlítői rakétaindító állomás”
- Indonesian: “Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station”
- Japanese: “トゥンバ赤道ロケット打ち上げ基地”
- Korean: “TERLS”
- Korean: “툼바 적도 로켓 발사장”
- Malayalam: “തുമ്പ ഇക്വറ്റോറിയൽ റോക്കറ്റ് ലോഞ്ചിംഗ് സ്റ്റേഷൻ”
- Persian: “مرکز استوایی راهاندازی راکت تومبا”
- Portuguese: “Estação de Lançamento de Foguetes Equatorial de Tumba”
- Portuguese: “Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station”
- Russian: “Тхумба”
- Tamil: “தும்பா நிலநடுக்கோட்டு ஏவூர்தி ஏவுதளம்”
- Telugu: “తుంబా భూమధ్యరేఖీయ రాకెట్ ప్రయోగ కేంద్రం”
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