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Russia Proposes BRICS Space Council for Satellite Data Sharing

By Drooid · Sep 12, 2026, 2:10 PM UTC · How we work

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Russia Proposes Space

BRICS leaders of the expanded bloc met in New Delhi on September 12, 2026.
Russia proposed a BRICS space council to share satellite data and conduct joint missions, pending member approval officially.
Dmitry Bakanov said the council would coordinate satellite-data exchange, joint constellations and missions.
Russia has provided India with satellite imagery covering 100,000 square kilometres over past 18 months.

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BRICS Summit

BRICS leaders met in New Delhi on September 12, 2026.
The summit is presented as a test of the bloc’s ability to empower Global South nations despite wars, tariffs and climate pressures.
Middle-East and Ukraine wars are disrupting energy flows and shipping, heightening summit pressures.
Finance ministers and central bank governors denounce U.S. tariffs and non-tariff measures as WTO-violating.
Agenda includes expanding non-Western cross-border payment systems and cooperation on artificial intelligence.

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Russia proposed a BRICS space council for satellite-data sharing, joint constellations and missions, and has supplied India with high-resolution imagery of about 100,000 sq km, while India negotiates to purchase Russian rocket engines and license production, according to Dmitry Bakanov.
Within this story's sources, this angle appears mainly in Center-leaning coverage and receives less attention in Left-leaning coverage.

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Historical Context

India’s 2012 proposal led BRICS to sign the New Development Bank charter in July 2015, creating a $100 billion authorized capital with each founder contributing $10 billion and sharing voting power. Based in Shanghai with offices from 2016, NDB supports BRICS cooperation; at 2026 New Delhi summit Russia urged a BRICS Space Council and the bloc denounced U.S. tariffs, echoing bank’s aim to curb dependence on Western finance.

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Russia Proposes Space

BRICS leaders of the expanded bloc met in New Delhi on September 12, 2026.
Russia proposed a BRICS space council to share satellite data and conduct joint missions, pending member approval officially.
Dmitry Bakanov said the council would coordinate satellite-data exchange, joint constellations and missions.
Russia has provided India with satellite imagery covering 100,000 square kilometres over past 18 months.

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