Shruti Chaturvedi 🇮🇳 on Twitter: "India's first rocket launch took place on the beach near the church on November 21, 1963. It was a sounding rocket, called Nike-Apache, made at NASA. The
Amrit Mahotsav on Twitter: "Nike-Apache was the first rocket launched by India from the TERLS (Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station) of Kerala in November 1963 fueling the beginning of modern rocket-based research
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