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Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin met with the Indian delegation

Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin held a working meeting with National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of India Ajit Doval in Moscow.

The meeting was mainly dedicated to the questions that might be discussed at the Russia-India top-level meeting, which is planned during the Eastern Economic Forum on September 4-6, 2019. During the nearest meetings the sides indend to discuss the Russo-Indian cooperation perspectives in the sphere of the piloted spaceflights, as well as satellite navigation and engine technology.

Rogozin and Doval took a favorable view of the work according to the contract between Glavkosmos and the Indian Space Research Organisation to select and prepare four Indian cosmonauts at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.

The sides also discussed possible Indian crewed flight carrier rocket aerodynamic tests, as well as piloted vehicle and crew rescue system. It is planned to reach an agreement until the end of August 2019. Moreover, Russia and India are expecting to negotiate the contracts to supply windows, crew seats and spacesuits for the Indian crewed mission.