India, France Team For Observation Satellite

Satellite Today has learned the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and the French National Space Centre signed an agreement late last week to move forward on their Megha-Tropiques atmospheric satellite mission. ISRO would build and launch the spacecraft in the 2008-09 timeframe. After launch, the spacecraft then would collect scientific data on tropical regions, specifically the contribution of the water cycle in the tropical atmosphere to climate dynamics.