ISRO and ESA amend cooperative agreement

Dr V Narayanan, Chairman of ISRO and Secretary of DOS, attended the International Space Summit in Paris after CNES invited ISRO. He delivered a keynote address on the future of human spaceflight in LEO and set the stage for a panel discussion on exploration after the International Space Station. ISRO and ESA also amended their cooperative agreement.

CNES invited ISRO to the International Space Summit, held in Paris from 2026-09-09 to 2026-09-10.

The ISRO delegation included the heads of the Liquid Propulsion Systems Center and the Space Transportation Program Office at ISRO headquarters, along with an associate scientific secretary.

Narayanan gave a keynote address on the future of human spaceflight in LEO and set the stage for a panel discussion on exploration after the International Space Station.

ESA headquarters in Paris is recorded for 2026-09-10, and Josef Aschbacher is ESA Director General.

The amended ISRO-ESA cooperative agreement adds cooperation fields covering crewed and robotic exploration, space weather, and the sustainability of space activities; the record also notes 2032.

CNES's Toulouse space center and 2026-09-11 are noted, along with a meeting with the CNES president.

The ISRO chairman visited Airbus, and development progress on the TRISHNA payload, an ISRO-CNES joint satellite mission, was reviewed.

Phil Evans was Director General of EUMETSAT, with 2026-09-10 noted. An ISRO-EUMETSAT implementing arrangement for scientific cooperation was exchanged. ISRO Updates has announcement date 2026-09-23.

The ISRO-ESA amendment names crewed and robotic exploration, space weather, and sustainability of space activities as cooperation fields. This is relevant to readers tracking the lunar industry because exploration is one of the named cooperation areas.

The TRISHNA payload review, the Airbus visit, and the ISRO-EUMETSAT arrangement show concrete institutional activity connected to ISRO's international partnerships.