ISRO's collaboration with other space agencies

 A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and China NationalSpace Agency (CNSA) on cooperation in the peaceful use of outer space was signed on September 18, 2014 at New Delhi. As per this MoU, the Cooperative activities may include the following areas:
 
(i)             Research and development of scientific experiment satellites, remote sensing satellites and communications satellites.
(ii)           Launch, tracking and control services for satellites including in-orbit operation and management.
(iii)          Research, development, utilization and applications of satellite ground systems.

(iv)   Material processing in space, atmospheric sciences, radio astronomy, astrophysics and microgravity testing; and other mutually agreed areas.

  ISRO is pursuing cooperation with other countries on peaceful uses of outer space. Cooperative agreements are signed with 35 countries. The areas of cooperation include (i) Remote Sensing of Earth, (ii) Satellite Communication, (iii) Launch Services, (iv) Telemetry & Tracking Support, (v) Space Exploration, (vi) Space Law and (vii) Capacity Building.

ISRO is currently working with space agencies of: (i) USA, to realize Dual frequency (L& S band) Synthetic Aperture Radar mission for Earth observation and (ii) Canada,to realize Ultra Violet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) to be accommodated in India’s ASTROSAT satellite.
 
PIB

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Wildlife sanctuaries in Assam

UPSC topper #3 Nidhi Gupta Congratulations - TIAS