• India's rocket launch center is Satish

Dhawan Center which is located on 'Sri

Harikota Island'.

Axis of Earth
• The imaginary line around which the
Earth revolves. It is called the axis of the
Size of the Earth earth.
• Earth's axis is not vertical but is inclined
• The shape of the Earth is a Geoid. Due to
at an angle of 23½° to the vertical line.
rotation, there is a centrifugal force
• The Earth's axis makes an angle of 66½°
outward from the center (axis). Due to
to the orbital plane.
which the earth becomes more spread in
• This tilt of the Earth's axis is called Axis
the equatorial region. And the earth is
Bending.
slightly flat in the polar region. Earth's
equatorial radius is greater than its polar
radius.
• For this reason, the maximum
gravitational force is felt in the polar
region and the least gravitational force is
felt in the equatorial region.
• Rocket launch centers are mainly
established near the equator on the east
coast of the continents.