Chennai, June 23 -- India, as Chair of BRICS for 2026, will host the meeting of the BRICS Heads of Space Agencies (HOSA) 2026 at Bengaluru on June 23 and 24, to to strengthen space cooperation.

The 2-day event, to be hosted by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Department of Space (DOS) with the support of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), would bring together the heads and senior representatives of the space agencies of the eleven BRICS member countries - Brazil, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates.

The meeting is held under India's overall BRICS chairship theme, of "Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability," and reflects ...