Goliat, Romania’s first satellite to make space debut on February 9, 2012

The first Romanian satellite is ranked as a microsatellite and features the shape of a 10 cm-side cube weighing about one kilogram (scroll down for video).

Goliat aka Goliath, the first satellite developed by Romanian Space Agency (ROSA) will be lauched into Earth’s orbit by the European Space Agency (ESA) on February 9, 2012.

Goliat’s orbital placement will be carried out during the first flight of the new European Vega rocket which is scheduled to lift-off from a French Guyana base.

The satellite successfully passed the functional tests and is gonna be part of the payload along with seven other satellites.

Goliath – a cube-shaped satellite having a 10-cm side and weighing one kilogram – was designed and developed by ROSA in collaboration with the Institute of Space Sciences, between 2005 and 2007. Goliat mission focuses on educational and experimental research.

Video: Cubesat Goliat, the first Romanian satellite planned for orbit journey on Feb. 9, 2012
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Features and specs:
Goliath is based on american standard Cubesat platform and carries several scientific instruments aimed at measuring the “rain” of meteors (SAMIS), recording cosmic radiation doses to the terrestrial orbit (Dose-N) and taking snapshots of Earth’s surface with its 3 Mpixels onboard camera capable of a ground resolution of about 21×28 meters. Goliath will be deployed into an elliptical orbit spanning between 357 and 1447 km at an inclination angle of 71 deg and will be operated by two ground stations, one located in Magurele (Bucharest) and the other one in Marisel (Cluj).

Romania signed the accession to the European Space Agency Convention in January 2011.

European Space Agency (ESA) is an intergovernmental organization founded in 1975 and joining 18 nations (16 EU plus Switzerland and Norway). Among the former Warsaw Pact countries, Romania is the second admitted as a member of ESA, after the Czech Republic. ESA is considered the most important European intergovernmental agency featuring scientific, technological and security purposes.