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Transported on a bicycle, launched from a church: The fascinating story of India's first rocket launch - India Today
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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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