Discussions were held on the national space programmes of both countries, bilateral space cooperation, space situational awareness (SSA), space security, Quad space cooperation, industry-level cooperation and commercial space collaboration.
The ISRO Chairman also highlighted that over these launches, they have lifted 548 satellites to orbit and a total of 120 tons of payload including 23 tons of 433 foreign satellites.
ISRO Chairman Dr S Somnath on Tuesday said that the investments that have been made in the space programme have benefited society. He added that lakhs of people have got employment opportuinities and thus received direct and indirect benefits.
The President said that it is a matter of immense pleasure that the Indian Air Force is not only protecting the country's space but is also making an important contribution to India's space programme.
Speaking about the Chandrayaan 4 Mission, Director, Space Applications Centre (SAC/ISRO), Ahmedabad, said,"During a discussion about space programmes after Chandrayaan 3 success, Prime Minister Narendra Modi wanted us to take up the bigger challenges now."
Rajya Sabha member Jairam Ramesh has said India’s space programme since its inception in the 1960s has been about continuity irrespective of the fact who was in power and hit back at the Centre in what he said it did not give “due credit” to the past governments.
"Interacting with our @isro scientists in Bengaluru. The success of the Chandrayaan-3 mission is an extraordinary moment in the history of India's space programme," PM Modi tweeted.
Vikram Sarabhai is considered the father of the Indian space program. The establishment of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) was one of Vikram Sarabhai's greatest achievements. He successfully convinced the government of the importance of a space programme for a developing countr
According to InsideOver, experts do not rule out the possibility of intimate ties between the space program and the People's Liberation Army (PLA), saying that the dual-use nature of space technologies and the military's involvement in some aspects of the space program was a matter of global
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