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
![Before the launch of a Nike Apache Suriname 1 Rocket in Coronie, Suriname 1965 by Dutch Space Organization and NASA : r/Suriname Before the launch of a Nike Apache Suriname 1 Rocket in Coronie, Suriname 1965 by Dutch Space Organization and NASA : r/Suriname](https://i.redd.it/06lkrbt2vug71.jpg)
Before the launch of a Nike Apache Suriname 1 Rocket in Coronie, Suriname 1965 by Dutch Space Organization and NASA : r/Suriname
![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 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](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FO37zu2aMAEKMpz.jpg)
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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