MoU between ISRO and ARIES
- In order to cooperation in the field of Space Situational Awareness (SSA) and Astrophysics, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) signs on an agreement with Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES).
- this agreement will provide a way in which optical telescope observational facilities will be set up and these facilities will be for space object tracking, R&D studies in space weather, astrophysics and Near-Earth Object (NEO).
About ISRO –
Headquarters: Bengaluru
Founder: Vikram Sarabhai
Founded: 15 August 1969
Director: Kailasavadivoo Sivan
About Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) –
Location : Uttarakhand
Founded: 20 April 1954