Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n“We are in discussions with the Russian space agency on\nvarious aspects and nothing has been firmed up. What has been finalised is the\nagreement to train the Indian cosmonauts by Russia for our human space mission\nGaganyaan,” Sivan told IANS in an interview here. “Russia is offering\nits semi-cryogenic rocket engine technology to India under the `Make-in-India’\nprogramme. The rocket engines could be made in India and used in our\nrockets,” Sivan said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a recently statement, Russian state-run space corporation\nRoscosmos said the two countries will discuss cooperation in the sphere of\npiloted space flights, satellite navigation and engine technology. Sivan also\nsaid the two countries are also discussing the setting up of ground stations in\neach other’s countries to enhance the accuracy of their satellite navigation\nsignals. “We want to set up our ground station for our NavIC system in\nRussia. Russia, in turn, wants to set up a ground station in India for its\nsatellite navigation system. The Russian ground station will be in Bengaluru while\nours is likely to be in Moscow,” Sivan said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Queried about the sourcing of critical components for\nIndia’s human space mission ‘Gaganyaan’ from Russia, Sivan replied: “The\ndiscussions are on. Nothing has been finalised. We have to see whether we need\nto buy their components. The components have to be suitable for us.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sivan also said the ISRO’s focus currently is on India’s\nmoon landing mission Chandrayaan-2. The Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft is now in the\nlunar orbit and ISRO will have to carry out three more orbital manoeuvres to\nbring it to an altitude of 100 km from the moon surface. Thereafter, the lander\n‘Vikram’ will separate and will soft land on the moon’s South Pole on September\n7 around 1.55 a.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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