Dec 18 1984
From The Space Library
NASA announced that Administrator James M. Beggs and U.R. Rao, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), signed a launch services agreement covering the reimbursable launch of the Indian National Satellite, INSAT 1C, scheduled for mid-1986 aboard the Space Shuttle. INSAT 1C was a multipurpose satellite that would provide communications and meteorological service to India. An ISRO scientist/engineer would serve as a payload specialist aboard the Space Shuttle during the INSAT 1C mission. Discussions were also held concerning experiments the Indian payload specialist would perform during the mission and concerning potential cooperation between NASA and ISRO in the areas of space applications and space science. (NASA Release 84-175)
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