After France, India Likely To Ink Pact With Russia For Gaganyaan

After an agreement with France, India could ink a pact with Russia for sharing of expertise on ISRO's ambitious human mission project 'Gaganyaan' during Russian President Vlimir Putin's visit to New Delhi in October 2018, official sources said. Besides 'Gaganyaan', two sides are currently engd in talks to establish ground stations for Glonass, global positioning system of Russia, and NaVIC, India's home-grown GPS in or country, sources ded.

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subject to share expertise on 'Gaganyaan' came up during External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj's visit to Moscow this month, a source said.

Significantly, India and France signed a memorandum of understanding earlier this month to share French expertise on human mission project anunced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Independence Day dress this year. human mission project enviss sending three Indians to by 2022.

India's first and - so far - only astronaut Rakesh Sharma visited outer in 1984 on a craft of erstwhile Soviet Union. In a MoU signed between India and Russia in May 2015, Indian Research Organisation and ROSCOSMOS, Russian ncy, h agreed to work on joint activities in areas of mutual interest, including satellite navigation, launch vehicle development, critical techlogies for human flight program.

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Russia is one of three countries - or two being France and US - that share robust cooperation in all three strategic sectors of defense, nuclear and with India. Indo-Russian collaboration dates back to four deces. In 2015, two sides marked 40th anniversary of launch of India's first satellite 'Aryabhata' on a Russian (n USSR) launch vehicle 'Soyuz'.

In 2007, India and Russia signed a framework agreement on cooperation in peaceful uses of outer , including satellite launches, Glonass navigation system, remote sensing and or societal applications of outer .