МЕЖДУ ПРАВИТЕЛЬСТВОМ РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ И ПРАВИТЕЛЬСТВОМ ЮЖНО-АФРИКАНСКОЙ РЕСПУБЛИКИ О СОТРУДНИЧЕСТВЕ В ОБЛАСТИ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЯ И ИСПОЛЬЗОВАНИЯ КОСМИЧЕСКОГО ПРОСТРАНСТВА В МИРНЫХ ЦЕЛЯХ. Соглашение. Правительство РФ. 05.09.06

Article 4
                         Areas of cooperation

     1.  Cooperation  pursuant to this Agreement may be carried out in
such areas as:
     a)  the  scientific  exploration  of  outer  space, including the
physics  of  solar  and terrestrial links, radioastronomy, high energy
astrophysics and the study of planets;
     b)  remote  sensing  and  monitoring  of the Earth from space and
related information technologies and services;
     c) space material studies in space;
     d) space medicine and biology;
     e)  space communications and related information technologies and
services;
     f)   satellite   navigation   systems   and  related  information
technologies and services;
     g)  research  and  development,  production,  operation and other
works related to space automated apparatus and manned systems, as well
as to the corresponding ground-based equipment;
     h)  development  of  launch  vehicles  and  other space transport
systems;
     i) provision and use of launch services;
     j)  research  on  matters relating to the protection of the outer
space  environment,  including  control,  prevention  and reduction of
man-caused impact on the outer space environment.
     2.  Additional areas of cooperation shall be determined by mutual
agreement of the Parties as the need arises.