Team refused to eat until we got confirmation: Somaiya BeliefSat-0 mission head

Updated On: 05 January, 2024 05:14 AM IST | Mumbai | Devashish Kamble

Mission director of the Mumbai-built Somaiya BeliefSat-0 aboard ISRO’s latest launch reveals the team’s journey

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The team from KJSIT at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on the day of the launch

ISRO’S launch of the PSLV-C58 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on January 1 marked a giant leap for the students and faculty of the New Leap Labs at KJ Somaiya Institute of Technology (KJSIT) in Sion whose amateur radio satellite Somaiya BeliefSat-0 was a part of the payload on the PSLV Orbital Experiment Module. Successfully operating in a 350-km orbit at a 9.6-degree inclination, the satellite, weighing nearly 500 gm, is set to facilitate communications between amateur radio operators aka HAM enthusiasts around the world.

The Somaiya BeliefSat-0