ISRO to send Bhagwat Gita copy and PM Modi’s photo to space in their upcoming satellite this February
Just like there are hundreds of bibles and photos of heads of different countries in space, India’s esteemed ISRO has also decided on the lines of other space missions to send the Hindu Holy scripture Shri Madbhagwat Gita to space.
Along with that, names of 25,000 individuals will be carried to space by the Satish Dhawan Satellite, or SD SAT, which will be launched at the end of the month by the polar satellite launch vehicle (PSLV).
The nanosatellite has been developed by SpaceKidz India which is an organisation dedicated to promoting space science among students. It would also carry three scientific payloads, one of which will study space radiation, and another one which will study the magnetosphere. Meanwhile, the third payload will demonstrate a low-power wide-area communication network.
The nanosatellite will also carry three scientific payloads – to study space radiation, magnetosphere, and to demonstrate a low-power wide-area communication network, the daily reported.
Dr Srimathy Kesan, founder and CEO of SpaceKidz India, expressing his excitement, said: “This will be our first satellite to be deployed in space. When we finalised the mission, we asked people to send in their names that will be sent to space. And, within a week we received 25,000 entries. Of these, 1,000 names were sent in by people from outside India”.
On sending Bhagavad Gita, Kesan said this idea was inspired by other space missions that have carried holy books such as Bible.
Further, in the wake of the Aatma Nirbhar Bharat programme, the organisation decided to send PM Modi’s photograph to space on the top panel along with the words ‘Aatmanirbhar mission’. The satellite has been completely developed in India, including the electronics and circuitry, Kesan added.
Additionally, the names of ISRO’s chairperson Dr K Sivan and scientific secretary Dr R Umamaheswaran have also been etched on the bottom.
