Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station
GPTKB entity
Statements (20)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:satellite
|
| gptkbp:country |
gptkb:India
|
| gptkbp:established |
1962
|
| gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
site of India's first rocket launch
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station
|
| gptkbp:latitude |
8.5241° N
|
| gptkbp:location |
gptkb:Thumba,_Kerala,_India
|
| gptkbp:longitude |
76.8644° E
|
| gptkbp:namedAfter |
gptkb:Thumba_village
|
| gptkbp:nearestCity |
gptkb:Thiruvananthapuram
|
| gptkbp:notableMission |
first Indian sounding rocket (Nike-Apache)
|
| gptkbp:operatedBy |
gptkb:Indian_Space_Research_Organisation
|
| gptkbp:partOf |
ISRO launch facilities
|
| gptkbp:purpose |
upper atmospheric research
|
| gptkbp:status |
active
|
| gptkbp:usedFor |
sounding rocket launches
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Vikram_Sarabhai_Space_Centre
gptkb:ISRO gptkb:Indian_Space_Research_Organisation |
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
|