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Europe, India Cooperate for India's Moon Mission On 17 March the ESA Council, at its meeting in Paris, unanimously approved a cooperation agreement between ESA and the Indian Space Research Organisation for India`s first moon mission - Chandrayaan-1.The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), founded in 1969, launched its first satellite in 1975. Since then it has developed a number of launch vehicles as well as satellites for Earth observation, remote sensing, telecommunications and weather forecasting. India has its own launch site at Sriharikota but has also used Europe`s Spaceport in French Guiana to launch its satellites. Chandrayaan-1 marks its first venture into planetary space science.
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