India and Israel discussed roads for developing space relations in the backdrop of reforms in the sector announced by the Modi government. Ambassador of Israel to India Naor Gilon called on Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Secretary in the Department of Space S Somanath.

“The ongoing interactions between the space agencies and the avenues for developing space relations between India and Israel, because of space reforms announced by Government of India were discussed during the meeting”, an ISRO statement said. The ISRO is in discussions with Israel Space Agency (ISA) to improve cooperation and identify opportunities to work together. Last year, ISRO and ISA reviewed the progress of the currently going activities including cooperation in electric propulsion system (EPS) for small satellites and Geosynchronous Earth Orbit-Low Earth Orbit (GEO-LEO) optical link.