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ISRO & CNES to build Satellite-based AIS

  • The world’s first space-based automatic identification system (AIS) to track merchant ships on a real-time basis will be built and operated jointly by India and France.
  • The French space agency National Centre for Space Studies (CNES) and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) have signed an agreement to start development and production of a constellation of satellites on which studies have been underway for more than a year.
  • Satellite-based AIS will boost India’s coastal surveillance mechanism, maritime security.
  • India has installed a Long-Range Identification and Tracking system (LRIT) for ships as well as a terrestrial-based AIS, ....

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