Boeing and India's premier space agency to make satellites

[PfcHammer]

http://www.spacedaily.com/2004/040622065645.sy8h23g4.html

Boeing and India's premier space agency to make satellites
BANGALORE, India (AFP) Jun 22, 2004

The US government has approved a licence authorising Boeing Co. to enter into talks with India's premier space agency for jointly developing and marketing communication satellites, an official said Tuesday.

Kenneth Juster, US Under Secretary of Commerce, told Indian and US delegates at a space conference in this southern Indian city of Bangalore that clearance was given last week by his government.

"Our government approved just before the conference a licence authorising Boeing Satellite Systems to engage in discussions ... with the Indian Space Research Organisation on the division of responsibilities of possible joint cooperation in developing and marketing communication satellites," he said.

The five-day conference which will end Friday is exploring possibilites of space cooperation between the United States and India.

[Jack_DeLeon]

1. outsourcing our satellites?

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