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Romanian Space Agency

Romanian Space Agency is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Romanian Space Agency rather than just read about it. In short: The Romanian Space Agency (ROSA; Romanian: Agenția Spațială Română) is a public institution that coordinates Romania's national space technology. ROSA, established in 1991, is subordinate to the Romanian Ministry of Education.

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Reference excerpt

The Romanian Space Agency (ROSA; Romanian: Agenția Spațială Română) is a public institution that coordinates Romania's national space technology. ROSA, established in 1991, is subordinate to the Romanian Ministry of Education. ROSA is not a representative of the Romanian Government, but ROSA establishes cooperative agreements with international organizations such as the European Space Agency, and the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR). Along with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ROSA represents Romania at the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Use of Outer Space (COPUOS) and at its subcommittees. In addition, the Romanian Space Agency conducts research projects through the ROSA Research Center.

History There are several notable historical figures in the aeronautics from Romania, including:

Traian Vuia, designer and constructor of the first autonomous take-off airplane in 1906. Henri Coandă, designer and constructor of the first jet airplane in 1910. Elie Carafoli, contributor in aerodynamics and space sciences, former president of the IAF. Romania is host to heritage companies like Airstar, Avioane Craiova, Industria Aeronautică Română, Romaero and Societatea Pentru Exploatări Tehnice. The country currently manufactures twenty different types of aircraft, based on a mix of domestic and international designs. The country has experience in the field of space applications, such as satellite communications, remote sensing, geographic information systems (GIS), global information, and positioning and navigation systems. Since 1977 it has operated as an Intelsat ground station in Cheia with two 32-metre antennas. Romania has been involved in more than thirty scientific and technological space missions in the Interkosmos program, including the 1981 flight of Dorin-Dumitru Prunariu on the Soyuz 40. In 1992, Romania signed a cooperation agreement with the European Space Agency (ESA) for the peaceful uses of outer space, followed by a Framework Agreement with ESA in 2006. Romania contributed through co-investigators to several ESA missions such as Hershel, Planck, SOHO and Gaia. With Romania's accession to ESA on December 22, 2011, Romanian researchers in the industry now have the opportunity to participate in ESA missions. Since 2004, Marius-Ioan Piso (born January 7, 1954) has served as acting President of the agency and as executive director since 2005. He was involved in the establishment of the Romanian Space Agency in 1991. The first Romanian satellite, Goliat was launched on the first flight of European Vega launch vehicle on 13 February 2012 from Guiana Space Centre.

Activities in the national and international programs

National programs Leadership of national program of CD-I AEROSPACE Leadership of national program of CD-I SECURITY CEEX (11 projects coordinated and 7 as a partner) CORINT (3 projects coordinated) INFOSOC (2 projects coordinated and 1 as a partner) AMTRANS (1 project coordinated and 1 as a partner) AGRAL (1 project coordinated) RELANSIN (1 project coordinated) PNCDI-I (10 projects coordinated and 8 as a partner) PNCDI-II (10 projects coordinated and 10 as a partner)

International programs European Space Agency (ESA) (3) 6th Framework Program of the European Commission CD-I (5) United Nations [2] (UN) Programs (2) Food and Agricultural organizational programs (2) PHARE Program (1) Bilateral and multilateral collaborations (10) Participation in consortia, networks, technology platforms

National and international affiliations Space Agencies Forum (1997) COSPAR (Committee for Space Research International Council of Science) (1994) — Romanian secretariat European Space Agency (ESA) — representative of Romania (1993–present) EURISY — member (2000) United Nations Regional Network for Space Sciences and Technology (1997)

Major international agreements ESA: European Cooperating State — 2006 and PECS 2007–2011. France: Agreement with CNES (2000) — project; Agreement with CNES (2004) — COROT space mission. Italy: Agreement of scientific cooperation signed with the National Research Council of Italy (CNR) in 2003. NASA: Understanding signed in May 2000. Projects in telemedicine, agriculture, and micro-gravity experiments on the International Space Station. NASA: Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer Entertainment for the (AMS) on the ISS. Azerbaijan: Co-operation agreement signed in 2003 with the Azerbaijan National Aerospace Agency. Bulgaria: Agreement of co-operation in the exploration and peaceful uses of outer space in 1997 signed with the Bulgarian Aerospace Agency. Eastern countries (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Slovak Republic, Turkey) Contribution to the Regional Network for Research and Education in Space Science and Technology (under the auspices of the United Nations). Hungary: Agreement of space cooperation signed in 1998 with the Hungarian Space Office. Italy: Agreement of co-operation signed in 1998 with the Italian Space Agency.

Romanian experiment on STS-133 The final flight of NASA's space shuttle Discovery — NASA mission STS-133 — transported a Romanian experiment created by the Romanian Institute for Space Science to the International Space Station. Growth and Survival of Colored Fungi in Space (CFS-A) was an experiment designed to determine the effect of microgravity and cosmic radiation on the growth and survival of colored fungi species. Principal investigators: Dumitru Hasegan, Romanian Institute for Space Science, Bucharest. (ESA). The launch of STS-133 took place on February 24, 2011.

GOLIAT Goliat is the first Romanian artificial microsatellite, launched on February 13, 2012. It was selected to be launched into orbit by the European Vega rocket, on its first operational flight. The system was developed and designed by ROSA in collaboration with the Institute of Space Sciences, BITNET and ELPROF companies between 2005 and 2007. The microsatellite is a cube with sides of 10 centimetres and a weight of one kilogram. The Goliat mission was funded by the National Authority for Scientific Exploration within the National Excellence Research program and it has an educational character, being the first microsatellite launched in a ROSA space program.

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Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Romanian Space Agency

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Romanian Space Agency claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Romanian Space Agency before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Romanian Space Agency ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Romanian Space Agency

In research: Romanian Space Agency appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Romanian Space Agency in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Romanian Space Agency is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1991 establishments in Romania, Organizations established in 1991, Science and technology in Romania, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Romanian Space Agency outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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