Agreement Signed with NASA

New Delhi: The agreements signed between Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which are currently valid, are given below.

• Implementing Arrangement for cooperation on the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission for scientific studies on Earth (signed in September 2014).
• Reimbursable Agreement for Spacecraft Communication and Navigation support for India's Mars Orbiter Mission (signed in June 2013).
• Implementing Arrangement for Megha-Tropiques - Global Precipitation Measurement Cooperation (signed in March 2012).
• Implementing Arrangement for collaboration on OCEANSAT-2 data utilisation activities (signed in March 2012).
• Framework Agreement for cooperation in the exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes (signed in February 2008)
• Memorandum of Understanding for flying Mini Synthetic Aperture Radar instrument in Chandrayaan-1 (signed in May 2006).
• Memorandum of Understanding for flying Moon Mineralogy Mapper instrument in Chandrayaan-1 (signed in May 2006).

The benefits likely to accrue/accrued from cooperation between ISRO and NASA include exposure to certain high technological areas related to space, complex data processing techniques, sharing of data/infrastructure and joint science studies in understanding Earth and planetary system.

This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, PG & Pensions and in the Prime Minister’s Office Dr. Jitendra Singh in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

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