Microsatellite created by Romanian high school students

The ROMspace team, made up of students from the Informatics High School in Bucharest, built a microsatellite that will be launched into orbit next year, with a SpaceX rocket.

ROM-2, nicknamed the "Space Sparrow", is no bigger than a Rubik's cube and is the first satellite of its kind built in Romania.

The radio satellite also contains a two-megapixel camera, for photographing the Earth from space.

Romanian high school students decided to build their first pocket satellite after the Alba Orbital launch team recommended it as a quick and cheap way to have a first space object in orbit.

Translated by: Radu Matei