Agência Brazil*
Brasília – The possibilities of cooperation between Brazil and India in the space area is the theme of a meeting between the heads of the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB), Sergio Gaudenzi, and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Madhavan Nair, today (16) in Brazilian capital Brasília.
The delegation has, among its members, the director of the Earth Observations System, Venkatakrishnan Jayaraman, and the director of the Polar Satellite Launching Vehicle (PSLV), Neelakanta Narayanamoorthy. The agenda of the delegation includes a visit to the Ministries of Science and Technology and Foreign Relations. After the visits the group will begin a work meeting at the AEB.
The delegation will proceed with talks about bilateral cooperation that have been in progress since 2004, when Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva made an official visit to India. At the occasion, an agreement was signed for the peaceful use of space, approved in April this year by the Commission of Foreign Relations and national Defence at the Lower House.
The Indians currently have the fastest growing space program in the world. With a budget of US$ 2.4 billion, India has built 29 satellites, developed two launchers and established infrastructure for development, construction and testing of telecommunications, remote sensing and meteorology satellites.
*Translated by Mark Ament
