ROMANI AN

SPACE
INI
TIATI
VE

The Romanian Space Ini

ti
ative (
ROSPI N)isa Non-Government alOr gani
sat
ion (
NGO)
withthevisi
ont ocreateauni ted communi tyofindi
vi dualswi th si
mil
araspi
rations
regardi
ng the space sector .Fort his,ROSPIN hast he mi on ofdevel
ssi opi
ng t he
Romani an Space Ecosyst em t hr
ough var ious act i
vit
ies such as educat i
onal
programmes, hands-onprojectsandwor kshops,aswellascommuni t
yevent
s.

Thecentral
visi
onf ortheROSPI
NAcademyeducat ional
programmei stocontinuously
makespaceat tr
act i
vetoRomanianUniversi
tyst
udents,toofferthem acont extto
understandthesect or’
scomplexi
ty,depthandlevelofinter
nationalcol
laborati
on,
aswellastoprepar ethem toj
ointhesector.

EachEdi
tionofROSPI
N Academyisspr
eadacross3levelst
hatarecoordi
nat
edwiththe
l
eastbus
yper i
odsdur
ingaUniver
sit
ycalendaryear
.Inthecur
rentEdit
ion2,t
hesear
e:

LEVEL1–I ntrototheSpaceSect or–Oct&Nov2021

Parti
cipants had t
he chance t
o discoverthe space sectorfrom di
ff
erenthi
gh-l
evel
perspecti
vesand to find outhow to buil
d acareersteered t
owardsspaceinthefirst
Academyl evel.

LEVEL2–Li f
ecycl
eofaSpaceMi ssi
on–Mar&Apr2022
ThesecondAcademyl evelwasfocusedonamor etechni
calover
view oft
helif
ecycleofa
spacemi ssi
on.Thepartici
pantslearnedaboutthemainaspectsofeachmi ssionphase
thatensurethesuccessfuldesi
gn, buil
d,l
aunchandoperat
ionofaspacecraft.

LEVEL3– Mi ssi
onDesignW orkshop-Aug&Sept2022
The gr aduates ofROSPIN Academy wi
llgett
he chance t
o appl
ythei
rknowledge
throughani n-personmissi
ondesignwor
kshopdel
iver
edincoll
abor
ati
onwit
hindust
ry
professional
s.
Level3i
sopenexcl
usivel
yforROSPI
N AcademyGr aduateswhoreceivedaCer t
ificateofPar
tici
pationinEdi
ti
ons1or2and
forst
udent
scurr
entlyinvol
vedi
nROSPIN’stechni
calproject
s(CubeSat,CanSat,Ear
thObservationTeam).

Youwi l
lhavetherareoppor t
unitytogot hr
oughaf ul
lmissi
ondesignpr
ocesswhil
elear
ning f
rom andinter
acting with
speci
ali
stsfr
om thelocalspaceindustr
y.Youwillgett
otrai
nyourteamworkski
ll
s,meetli
kemi ndedpeoplefrom across
thecountryandkick-
startyourcareeri
nspace.Theeventi
ssuppor
tedbyGMVRomani a,Deimos,Thal
esetc.

Wewi l
lgi
veyou t
heactualmissi
on bri
efatt
hebeginning ofthei
n-person event
.However ,wecan t
ellyou t
hati
twi
ll
i
nvol
veami ssi
oni
ntheLunarorbi
trelat
edtothecur
rentef
fortstor
ecol
oni zetheCis-
Lunarspace.
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30partici
pantswil
lbesel ect
edanddi videdi
ntot hreeteamsof1 0. Theteamswi l
lreceivet
hemi ssi
onbrief
atthe startofthe eventand wi l
lhave to develop a mission design thatanswer sthe given missi
on
obj
ectives.Youwil
lbegi ventechnicall
ectur
est ail
oredtot hemi ssionandwi l
lhaveseveralfeedbackand
di
scussionsessi
onswi thourexperts.Thethreeteamswi l
lbescor edandawi nnerwillbedecl ar
ed.

Level 3wi l
ltakeplaceacr oss7daysbet weenAugust28t handSept ember3r d2022. I
twi l
lhappeninper son
i
nBuchar est( venueTBD)andyouar eexpectedt obepr esentt hr
oughoutt heevent .ROSPI N willai
mt o
covert r
anspor t,accommodat ionandpar toft hefoodcost sforallparti
cipants(subjecttosponsor shi
ps).
Apar tfr
om t het echnicallect
ur esandworkingt i
me,wewi llorganizeseveralsoci
alevent st
ohel pyouget
to know t he otherpar ti
cipantsand organizers.The eventwi llbe heldin Romani an,butt he technical
contentt hatyouwi l
ldeliverhast obewrit
teninEngl i
sh.

Youfirsthavetoanswerthequesti
onsint
heappl
icat
ionform bef
orethe10t
hofJuly.
Wewi l
lthenmakean
ini
ti
alsel
ecti
on and hol
d br
iefint
ervi
ewswit
hthe select
ed candi
dates.We wi
llaim t
o make t
he final
sel
ecti
onbeforeJul
y24th.

Cont
act
:ro.
spacei
nit
iat
ive@gmai
l.
com