ISRO, Australian Space Agency Look Forward to Work Together in Future, Review Space Cooperation

Pelican Press · March 16

ISRO, *********** Space Agency Look Forward to Work Together in Future, Review Space Cooperation

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and *********** Space Agency (ASA) held a virtual meeting on Tuesday during which they reviewed space cooperation and discussed potential areas of working together. Secretary in the Department of Space (DoS) and ISRO Chairman S Somanath and ASA Head Enrico Palermo steered the discussion from respective sides.

Both leaders expressed happiness over the progress in the ongoing discussion on establishing ISRO’s ground station in Australia to support the Gaganyaan mission.

“They also discussed on other potential areas of working together including Australia’s International Space Investment initiative; establishing ISRO’s ground stations in Australia for satellite data reception and for range and integrity monitoring of NavIC satellites and organising a ****** workshop to promote interaction among space entities of both nations”, an ISRO statement said.

Meanwhile, Ambassador of Dominican Republic to India, David Puig, called on Somanath at ISRO headquarters here on Tuesday.

Puig expressed strong ******* to learn from India’s vast experience in harnessing the benefits of space technology for national development through access to satellite data, training and capacity building in space technology applications, according to ISRO.

“ISRO/DoS assured all possible support in capacity building in Dominican Republic through training programmes, ****** activities such as small satellites and remote sensing applications”, the statement added.

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