NASA, ISRO likely to develop satellite

Update: 2010-09-15 00:00 GMT

BANGALORE, July 29 � US space agency NASA and India�s premier space agency ISRO are in talks for jointly building a satellite for the first time, reports PTI.

�Now, there is a feasibility study going on whether we can jointly make a satellite, with synthetic aperture radar (SAR) payloads working on two frequency bands - L-band and S-band�, Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) K Radhakrishnan told PTI here.

Charles F Bolden Jr., Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of United States, visited the Space Applications Centre (SAC) of ISRO in Ahmedabad on June 25.

He had a meeting with Radhakrishnan, also Secretary, Department of Space, along with senior officials of ISRO to discuss the ongoing cooperative activities between ISRO and NASA and also the potential areas of future cooperation.

�...The joint satellite mission is an important step. It�s not making an instrument and plugging it actually. It�s working together. That�s what we are discussing.�

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