Government of India and its national space body, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) of Department of Space (DOS) has signed MoU/ bilateral agreements with 39 foreign countries on peaceful uses of outer space viz. Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Myanmar, Norway, Peru, Republic of Korea, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, Syria, Thailand, The Netherlands, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States of America, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela and Vietnam. The scope of cooperation under these MoUs include - Joint development of scientific instruments; joint realization of satellite missions; joint calibration and validation experiments; development of advanced technologies for building and launching of spacecrafts for earth observation and space science exploration.
The outcomes expected from various new space projects in the next two years include (i) continuity of data and services for natural resources monitoring, all weather imaging, oceanography, disaster management support; (ii) enhancing remote sensing capability with high resolution data; (iii) augmentation of INSAT/GSAT capacity; (iv) enhancing communication capability with high throughput satellites; (v) building indigenous capability for launching 4 ton class communication satellites; (vi) building operational applications of indigenous navigation system NavIC.
This information was provided by the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
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