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Transported on a bicycle, launched from a church: The fascinating story of India's first rocket launch - India Today
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
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The Better India on Twitter: "#Indiaat75 #factsofindia The rocket for India's first ever rocket launch was carried in parts on bicycle to the launch site, a church in Thiruvananthapuram in 1963. The
![India's first rocket called the Nike Apache, wheeled via cycle to the launching station on 21st November, 1963. : r/pics India's first rocket called the Nike Apache, wheeled via cycle to the launching station on 21st November, 1963. : r/pics](https://external-preview.redd.it/XdyC88b_ydh95L2NnBsBXiCp68qzICDnU0iheE_z8r4.jpg?auto=webp&s=15d807a14d41d59b36cf16c0ae3c2be57ac67a68)