TNPSC Current Affairs January 10 2017
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and
French Space Agency (CNES) has signed a partnership agreement in satellite
launch technology in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
The Agreement was signed between Kiran Kumar, the
chairman of ISRO and Jean-Yves Le Gall, President of CNES in the presence of
visiting French minister of foreign affairs Jean-Marc Ayrault.
The agreement
will enable France to benefit from the Indian model of streamlining the costs
of space programmes.
Ayrault and French delegation was given a guided
tour of ISTRAC (ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network) by the ISRO
Chairman_( French Consulate release)
About ISTRAC:
ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network
(ISTRAC) Monitors Indian Space missions which include two Indo-French
Satellites currently in orbit for collecting data to track climate change.
INDO-France Space Cooperation:
Space cooperation between India and France spans
over 50 years. It is one of the cornerstones of the Indo-French Strategic
Partnership. ISRO is the second partner of CNES in terms of volume after NASA
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