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- National space agency ISRO and its French counterpart CNES sealed an agreement to set up a joint maritime surveillance system in the country.
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Constellation of satellites: The two nations will explore putting up a constellation of low-Earth orbiting satellites that will identify and track movement of ships globally ”“ and in particular those moving in the Indian Ocean region where France has its Reunion Islands.
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Sharing data and development of new algorithms: Both will initially share data from their present space systems and develop new algorithms to analyse them.
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Agreement background: The agreement comes a year after the broad collaboration plan the two governments initiated during French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit in March last 2018.
Source
The Hindu