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 , , which is near the southwestern tip of mainland India, very close to Earth's magnetic equator.
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Wikipedia
  • Space center
  • …is also known as “TERLS”
  • Description: Indian spaceport

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kazhakuttam railway station and St Xavier’s College Ground.

Railway station
Photo: Fotokannan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an NSG–5 category… is situated 3½ km northeast of Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station.

Pitch
St Xavier's College Ground is a cricket ground in , , India. is situated 3 km north of Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Thumba and Kazhakoottam.

Village
is a coastal area of city, the capital of , India. is situated 2½ km east of Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station.

Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.
Kazhakkoottam is a major urban area in the city of , . is situated 4½ km northeast of Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station.

Village
Photo: Bentojustin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a coastal village in … is situated 4½ km north of Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station.

Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station

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Latitude
8.53333° or 8° 32′ north
Longitude
76.85° or 76° 51′ east
Open location code
6JWRGVM2+82
Geo­Names ID
1254563
Wiki­data ID
Q7798824

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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”
  • Santali: “ᱛᱷᱩᱢᱵᱟ ᱤᱠᱣᱮᱴᱳᱨᱤᱭᱟᱞ ᱨᱚᱠᱮᱴ ᱞᱚᱧᱪᱤᱝ ᱥᱴᱮᱥᱚᱱ”
  • Tamil: “தும்பா நிலநடுக்கோட்டு ஏவூர்தி ஏவுதளம்”
  • Telugu: “తుంబా భూమధ్యరేఖీయ రాకెట్ ప్రయోగ కేంద్రం”

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