India and France on Tuesday inked a space cooperation agreement.
The agreement for cooperation in space technology was signed between Astrium and Antrix -- commercial arm of the ISRO -- entailes utilisation of the PSLV launch services.
It was signed by Dr G Madhavan Nair, Chairman ISRO/Antrix, and Secretary Department of Space, and Astrium CEO Francois Auqua.
It enables Astrium to offer attractive solutions in international markets for in-orbit delivery of its earth observation satellites, using the PSLV launch services from Antrix/ISRO.
Both companies have been cooperating during the past five years in the field of space activities, an ANTRIX spokesman said, adding that the cooperation represents a major breakthrough Dr Singh-Sarkozy was the second meeting between the two leaders during the past two days after they met at the Ninth India-European Union Summit at Marseille, a picturesque 2600-year-old