Ukrainian Space Agency Says Ready to Step Up Research Cooperation With China
Posted on: Thursday, 31 January 2008, 06:00 CST
Ukraine and China are ready to step up cooperation in space research and Earth monitoring from space, the Ukrainian National Space Agency told Interfax.
A delegation of the agency recently visited China to meet with colleagues from the China National Space Administration (CNSA) and discuss the fulfilment of the cooperation plan for 2006-2010, including satellites to conduct ionospheric research and Earth monitoring.
"The sides confirmed that Ukraine's IONOSAT project and China's seismo-electromagnetic satellite were supplementary. They also said they would exchange information and might even merge the two projects into one," the agency said.
Besides, data, including technical, will be exchanged between the Chinese Environment-1b project and Ukraine's Sich-2.
The delegation invited the Chinese to the first Ukrainian conference on aerospace space research for sustainable development and security (GEO-UA). The conference is due to be held in Kiev in June 2008.
The sixth meeting of the Ukrainian-Chinese sub-commission on cooperation in space research and peaceful use will take place in Kiev in June-July.
Source: BBC Monitoring Former Soviet Union
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