alleryStart learning →At Thumba, India began upper atmosphere research by firing which kind of rockets?
ACruise missiles
BWeather balloons
CCargo ferries
DSounding rockets
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Sounding rockets
Small sounding rockets were fired from the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station to study the upper atmosphere.
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