SPACE EU Brussels, 28-29 February 2012
Romanian Space Activities
Marius- Ioan PISO Anca RACHERU Romanian Space Agency (ROSA)
Romanian Space activities
Romania has a long tradition in the aerospace domain: • Famous scientists: Conrad HAAS: constructor of the multistage rockets with delta stabilisers, Sibiu - 1529, Aurel VLAICU (first Romanian aerospace engineer), Traian VUIA (designer and constructor of the first autonomous take-off aeroplane in 1906), Henri COANDA (designer and constructor of the first jet aeroplane in 1910), Hermann OBERTH (designer of space rockets and "father of space navigation"), Elie CARAFOLI (important contributions in aerodynamics and and space sciences, president of the IAF in 1961, 1962); • Manufacturing, based on original design or under license, of more than twenty types of transport airplanes, helicopters, passenger medium couriers, and light airplanes; • Romanian contributions to more than thirty scientific and technological space missions including the mission of the first Romanian cosmonaut in 1981; • Since 1977 the Cheia Intelsat ground station with two 32 m antennas is operational; applications of remote sensing imagery and Geostationary Positioning System technology performed for the oil industry, agriculture, environment, cartography, and land use; • Large sector of commercial space applications, as space communications, applications of satellite remote sensing, geographic informational systems, positioning and navigation, global information systems.
agentia spatiala romana - romanian space agency European Space Agency (ESA)
• 1993 and 1999 – Framework Government cooperation agreements • 2001 – Romania – candidate for the status of European Cooperating State (with Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland) • 2005 – Negotiations with ESA for the PECS agreement Participation to some selected optional and mandatory programs PECS Fair-return rule applies (contribution returned 1:1) Adoption of the ESA industrial policy • 2007 – Romania signs the European Cooperating State Agreement, becoming the third European country to join this status • February 2011 – Romania accedes ESA convention • December 2011 – Romanian Parliament ratifies the treaty • 2012 – Romania full member state
agentia spatiala romana - romanian space agency European Space Agency
20 January 2011
The signing of the accession to the ESA Convention by Romania took place at the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bucharest on 20 January 2011. Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESA Director General, and Marius-Ioan Piso, President and CEO of the Romanian Space Agency, signed the accession agreement in the presence of Teodor Baconschi, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and former cosmonaut Dumitru Dorin Prunariu, Chairman of the Board of the Romanian Space Agency.
agentia spatiala romana - romanian space agency Romanian Space Programme
• Started since 1993 • Continuity of projects • Stability of management and staff for one decade • Up to 2001 - financed by the R&D HORIZON 2000 programme • Since 2001 until 2005, supported by the Ministry of Education and Research on a multi-year budget basis (Govt Decision No. 556/2001) as a National R&D Programme • 2005 – 2008 - Research for Excellence Romanian Programme • ROSA – Contract authority for the Programme • 2007 – p – National research, Development and Innovation Programme II • ESA contribution since 2007 in PECS and since 2011, RO – ESA mandatory contribution • 2012 – STAR programme
agentia spatiala romana - romanian space agency National Research, Development and Innovation Programme II
• Launched in 2007 • 6 sub-programmes People Capacities Ideas Cooperation on priority domains Innovation Sustaining the institutional performance
agentia spatiala romana - romanian space agency National Research, Development and Innovation Programme II
Subprogramme 4 Objective – to enhance R&D competitiveness by stimulating partnerships on priority domains, having as results innovative technologies, products and services that can solve complex aspects and implementing mechanisms Priority domains ICT Energy Environment Health Agriculture, food safety and security Biotechnologies Innovative materials, products and proceses Space and Security Socio-economic sciences and the humanities agentia spatiala romana - romanian space agency National Research, Development and Innovation Programme II
agentia spatiala romana - romanian space agency National Research, Development and Innovation Programme II– Area 8. Space and Security
agentia spatiala romana - romanian space agency Romanian Space Programme Space Exploration
1. Participation in circum-terrestrial space missions and in the solar system 2. Research and results in theoretical, experimental and computational models for phenomena specific to the Earth environment, Solar system, Universe and interactions between them, based upon space missions’ experimental and observation results 3. Microgravity experiments 4. Research and instruments, scientific equipment and on board systems design for spatial platforms, on board and ground-based experiments 5. Microsatellites for operational exploration and utilization 6. Launch, operational and recovery systems for suborbital flight 7. Formation flying in a networked environment 8. Space data and knowledge management 9. Acquisition, processing and data analysis specific methods and algorithms: GRID, data mining, data fusion, change detection 10. Radar and multi-spectral data measurement and processing technologies 11. Tangible and intangible space strategy and infrastructure
agentia spatiala romana - romanian space agency Romanian Space Programme Space Applications
1. Earth observation from satellites and aerospace platforms 2. Satellite global navigation and positioning systems. GALILEO 3. Spatial communication and relevant ground-based system 4. Space applications integrated for telemedicine, precision agriculture, natural hazards monitoring, global information systems 5. Geospatial techniques 6. Automatic and semi-automatic algorithms for spatial data 7. Global monitoring systems. GMES 8. Positioning-based systems and services 9. Observation and monitoring systems and platforms
agentia spatiala romana - romanian space agency Romanian Space Programme Aerospace technologies
1. Aeronautics techniques, flight dynamics, CFD 2. Launch, operation and recovery systems for sub-orbital missions 3. Launching and orbiting techniques 4. Manned and unmanned specialized platforms and spaceflight devices 5. Sensors, on board and ground-based systems and equipments research and development, space results’ spin-off development 6. Advanced methods and techniques for simulation, command and control, aerial, aerospace and space flight devices design and production 7. Aerospace flight dynamics systems and methods, platform altitude control. Optimal control systems. Aerospace traffic control and ground-based systems 8. Quality analysis, testing and control systems, specifics to the space, aerospace and aeronautics fields 9. Aerospace and space technologies, systems, devices and equipments
agentia spatiala romana - romanian space agency STAR Programme – 2012 - 2019
• STAR programme – National Research, Development and Innovation for Space Technology and Advanced Research • Aims at enhancing the competitiveness of the research, industrial and academic entities in Romania for participating in ESA programmes • Programme will include financing for research, infrastructure, support for ESA specific activities • Budget – equal to the Romanian ESA contribution • Budget 2012 – 32.7 Mil Lei - 7.6 mil Euros
agentia spatiala romana - romanian space agency STAR Programme – 2012 - 2019
• General objectives:
Identification of research, technological and industrial niches at national, european and international level; Defining and promoting the national research, educational and industrial capabilities in space, aeronautic and security domains; Improving collaboration between research and industry entities High scientific achievments Pre-qualification and preparation for participating in ESA optional programmes
agentia spatiala romana - romanian space agency STAR Programme – 2012 - 2019
• Specific objectives: Participation at ESA optional programmes: . Robotic exploration . Earth Observation – including GMES . Telecom and integrated applications . Navigation (GNSS and GALILEO) . Human Spaceflight . Launchers . SSA Development and operations for microsatellites Space, aeronautics and security technologies, systems, instruments and equipment
agentia spatiala romana - romanian space agency SPACE SMEs in Romania
• More than 40 SMEs having projects within Romanian R&D Programmes • SME coordinating PECS project • No SPACE SMEs cluster / association, but steps taken to establish one • 1 Aeronautics national association – OPIAR • 1 Security national association - PATROMIL
agentia spatiala romana - romanian space agency National Space Expenditures - Total
2007 ( M EUR) 2008 (M EUR) 2009 (M EUR) 2010 (M EUR) 2011 (M EUR) 2012 (M EUR)
National R&D 2.5 7.5 7.1 14.9 3.3 9 (5 PNCDI + 4 and STAR) Innovation Programme ESA 2 2 2 2 2 7.8
EUMETSAT 0.6 1 4 3
Others 0.3 3.4 3.2 6.7 1.5 4
Total 4.8 12.9 12.9 24.6 10.8 23.8
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agentia spatiala romana - romanian space agency Romanian Space Agency
• ROSA – National Space Agency established in 1995 • Public organization in the system of the Ministry responsible for Research and Technology • Representative and Coordinator of space activities in Romania • Financing agency for research in space, aeronautics and Security research • Developer and integrator of its own RTD programmes by its Research Center
agentia spatiala romana - romanian space agency ROSA - International Cooperation
ROSA is the national representative for: • European Space Agency (ESA) – by law • United Nations – COPUOS - The Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space – by mandate from the Foreign Ministry, two standing Subcommittees of the whole: Scientific and Technical Subcommittee Legal Subcommittee Romania – Chairman of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee (2004-2006) • NATO – Scientific Committee • EC - FP6 – AEROSPACE PC/NCP, FP7 – Transport PC/NCP, SPACE PC/NCP, GNSS PC, SECURITY PC/NCP, INSPIRE – by mandate from the Ministry of Education and Research • NASA – Government representative • CNES (French Space Agency), Russia (negotiations), Hungary, Bulgaria Azerbaijan – Bilateral agreements • ASI (Italian Space Agency), DLR (German Space Agency) - projects • International organizations membership: COSPAR, IAF, IAU, EURISY, SAF, GDIN, others, bilateral agreements with research organizations
agentia spatiala romana - romanian space agency Regional cooperation FP7
• GMES projects: GEOLAND2 – Towards an operational GMES Land Monitoring Core Services SAFER – Services and Applications for Emergency Response • COSMOS – Cooperation Of Space National Contact Points as Means to Optimise Services • SERENE – SEcurity REsearch Ncp network – phase I • GALILEO: EEGS / EGGS 2– EGNOS Extension to Eastern Europe • AirTN 2– Aeronautics ERA-NET as one of the key enablers of the prosperous development of Aeronautics in Europe • C-SPACE - Conditions for Space Policy and related Action Plan Consolidation in Europe • SERENE 2 SEcurity REsearch Ncp network – phase II – ROSA coordinator • GEO: BalkanGeonet agentia spatiala romana - romanian space agency
ROSA Core Projects
• ROSA own space related projects included in the new National RTD CEEX Program (2006 -2008) – 1.6 mil euro GOLIAT – Nanosatellite mission and developments in formation flying, including networked environment GEOINT – Centre for Geospatial intelligence LUCIUS: Building a National Network for GMES Applications Support by Setting Up a Land Use Land Cover Information Unified System INSPAM: Spatial Data Infrastructures with Applications in Environmental Protection (INSPIRE) SPIM: Centre for disaster monitoring by space technology MARKS – Knowledge management system for space-related activities BANG – GNSS / Galileo applications, Location based Services
agentia spatiala romana - romanian space agency Contact
Marius-Ioan PISO • 21-25 Mendeleev Str., 010362, Bucharest • Tel: +40 21 3168722 • Fax: +40 21 3128804 • E-mail: [email protected] • Web: www.rosa.ro
Anca Liana COSTEA • 21-25 Mendeleev Str., 010362, Bucharest • Tel: +40 21 3168722 • Fax: +40 21 3128804 • E-mail: [email protected] • Web: www.rosa.ro
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