A second satellite built by five students from the International Computer Science High School in Bucharest has passed the necessary tests to be launched by SpaceX in November 2023 aboard a Falcon 9 rocket.
The team of students is composed of Filip Buşcu, Alexandru Luchianov, Alexandru Unteşu, David Ghiberdic, and Alexandru Peticaru.
ROM-3, the second satellite built by the RomSpace team, is in its final stages. Mechanical and electrical tests have been successfully completed in the laboratories of Alba Orbital in Glasgow, United Kingdom.
The picosatellite, named Space Starling, is ready for flight and is scheduled to be installed on the rocket in October, says Romania Insider.
ROM-3 is a rectangular parallelepiped with dimensions of 5 x 5 x 10 centimeters, a larger version of its predecessor, ROM-2. It is equipped with more advanced, complex technology, including a 5-megapixel camera. Its mission is to collect data from space about the Earth’s crust, and the reception of this data will be done through the international network of radio amateurs.
The satellite will be launched in November from Vandenberg, California, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. It will orbit the Earth at an altitude of 550 km, at a speed of 28,000 km/h, orbiting the planet 15 times every 24 hours, passing over Romania twice a day and transmitting on the frequency of 436.235 MHz, with the call sign YP3R.
