ROMSPACE

Romanian Orbital Mission

The sky
inspires us.

Student-built satellites.
Made in Romania.

Discover ROMSPACE

From an idea to orbit

Built by students.
Sent into orbit.

We started ROMSPACE to build our own satellites. A team of Romanian high-school students brought together electronics, software and radio communications to make ROM-2 and ROM-3.

ROM-2 launched on 12 June 2023. ROM-3 followed on 11 November 2023. Both flew on SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare missions with Alba Orbital.

Meet the team

The missions

Small spacecraft.
A view beyond Earth.

Explore the programme
Original ROM-2 spacecraft design
Launched 12 June 2023 / Transporter-8

ROM-2

A five-centimetre cube with an onboard camera and amateur-radio payload.

Discover ROM-2
Original ROM-3 spacecraft design
Launched 11 November 2023 / Transporter-9

ROM-3

Our second orbital mission: a 1.5p PocketQube with an updated camera and solar panels.

Discover ROM-3

Both missions are now listed as re-entered. Their recorded passes remain available in the tracking archive.

SatNOGS · Gpredict

The mission,
seen from the ground.

Explore recorded radio observations, replay a historical orbital pass and download the orbital elements for Gpredict.

Open mission tracking Historical data · ROM-2 & ROM-3
ROM-2Pass archive Modelled historical ground track of the NORAD object followed for ROM-2, with its archived observation window highlightedModelled ground track · Not live
ROMSPACE students with the satellite in the cleanroom
Six ROMSPACE teammates standing together outdoors in their mission shirts

Behind the spacecraft

A team that
learned by building.

From assembling the electronics to preparing a satellite for its deployer. See the people and the work behind the missions.

From the original mission log

Stories along the way.

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