THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The RH300 sounding rocket, developed by Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre as part of a study to enrich available atmospheric data, was launched tonight from the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station here.
This was the 21st launch of RH300 sounding rocket, a release from VSSC said.
The shores of Thumba reverberated with the thunderous boom of the rocket propulsion, as the sight of white and blue trail pattern formed by the TMA payload brought jubilation to the scientists and engineers who had gathered at Thumba station to watch the launch, a VSSC press release said.
As planned, the RH300 sounding rocket soared into the sky precisely at 19.15 hrs, flawlessly executing the Sounding Rocket Experiment programme held as part of a study undertaken by VSSC.
Under the programme, the RH-300 MKII sounding rocket is utilised to study the Equatorial E and lower ionosphere regions of the atmosphere.
The study will enrich available atmospheric data and refine the models used for tropical weather prediction, it added. (AGENCIES)
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