Science News Roundup: U.S. to launch joint remote sensing satellite with India early next year

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U.S. to launch joint remote sensing satellite with India early next year

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and the NASA plan to launch a joint remote sensing satellite for Earth observation in the first quarter of next year, deputy minister for science and technology Jitendra Singh said in a statement on Tuesday. Singh met a NASA delegation led by its administrator Bill Nelson in New Delhi, the statement said.