ESA and ISRO have a long history of spaceflight cooperation. Recent highlights include ESA’s support to ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 Moon mission in 2023.

ESA’s ground stations are also downlinking the bulk of the data gathered by ISRO’s Aditya-L1 solar observatory throughout its mission to study the Sun and the origins of space weather.

ISRO, meanwhile, recently oversaw the launch of ESA’s Proba-3 mission, the third mission of the Proba series to be launched from India.

The two space agencies are committed to deepening this collaboration in the future, with ESA’s support to ISRO’s human spaceflight programme seen as a significant step forward.