Space Co-operation India–Russia relations
india , russia have both signed agreements cooperation , use of glonass
india s first satellite aryabhata launched space cooperation of soviet union
historically, there has been long history of cooperation between soviet union , india in space. examples include aryabhata india s first satellite, named after indian astronomer of same name. launched soviet union on 19 april 1975 kapustin yar using kosmos-3m launch vehicle. during president vladimir putin s visit india in december 2004, 2 space-related bilateral agreements signed viz. inter-governmental umbrella agreement on co-operation in outer space peaceful purposes , inter space agency agreement on co-operation in russian satellite navigation system glonass. subsequently, number of follow-up agreements on glonass have been signed. in november 2007, 2 countries have signed agreement on joint lunar exploration. these space co-operation programmes under implementation.
chandrayaan-2 joint lunar exploration mission proposed indian space research organisation (isro) , russian federal space agency (rka) , has projected cost of 4.25 billion (us$90 million). mission, proposed launched in 2017 geosynchronous satellite launch vehicle (gslv) launch vehicle, includes lunar orbiter , rover made in india 1 lander built russia.
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