Thiruvananthapuram: The Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) at Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) here has resumed the monthly launch of sounding rockets to conduct studies of the upper atmosphere.
A press note issued by VSSC here said RH200 sounding rockets would be launched from TERLS every month.
The first launch in the series took place on Wednesday evening.
The station had been launching sounding rockets regularly on the
third Wednesday of every month. However, over the years, the launches were conducted based on need.
Atmospheric behaviour
The station is involved in scientific experiments to study atmospheric behaviour using balloons and sounding rockets. This includes university collaboration programmes where student payload experiment programmes and rocket development programmes are undertaken, according to the press note.
The monthly launches will be of interest to scientists, students, and to the general public who can visit the Space Centre.
For permission to witness the launch, contact Ph: 0471 – 2565666.
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