Student Project Provides New Satellite for India

India's HAMSAT, the microsatellite decommissioned in 2016, has been replaced following the New Year's Eve launch of a small satellite created by students. The Somaiya (SO MAYA) Beliefsat-Ø takes its name from the K.J. Somaiya Institute of Technology. The project's faculty coordinator, Umesh (OO-MESH) Shinde (SHIN DAY), VU3CDI, told local media that he expected it to become “a crucial player in the realm of global amateur radio." The satellite has a UHF to VHF-FM repeater and a VHF digipeater sending APRS standard telemetry every 30 seconds.

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