During May and June 2015, ISRO and Roscosmos signed a wide-ranging Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation in space. A. S. Kiran Kumar, Chairman of the ISRO, stated that one of the first benefits would be the availability of Russian test stand for initial testing of the SCE-200, while the Mahendragiri semi-cryogenic test stand being built. The engine is a part of the semi-cryogenic launch vehicle program, which would be capable of placing in GTO. The engine however will not be the part of first flight of Gaganyaan, India's first manned mission to space, given timelines and schedules.
