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Unbeaten two hundred times in a row ‘Rohini 200’ (RH-200)

November 28, 2022

Rohini 200 sounding rocket’s 200th consecutive launch success. The launch was at 11.50 am from the launch center in Thumba. Former President Ram Nath Kovind visited VSSC to witness the launch. Rohini 200 took off once again from the shores of Tumba. 200th consecutive unbeaten launch. The Rohini 200, also known as the RH 200,…

58 years since the first rocket was launched

November 23, 2021

The first rocket was launched from Thumpa, Thiruvananthapuram on November 21, 1963 in gratitude for India’s space program. Payload on a bicycle, a rocket in an old jeep, also donated by the US, a crowd of scientists from the US, Russia and France marching to the launch pad to help launch … This is the…