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POLSA HAS SIGNED AN AGREEMENT WITH USSTRATCOM FOR SHARING SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS (SSA) DATA
Poland will gain access to space situational awareness services and data, including alerts concerning collisions, fragmentation, or uncontrolled satellite reentries into Earth’s atmosphere. The data will be provided by the US Air Force Space Command’s 18th Space Control Squadron on the basis of an agreement signed on April 10, 2019, by Michal Szaniawski, acting President of The Polish Space Agency (POLSA) and Rear Adm. Richard Correll, director of plans and policy for USSTRATCOM during the 35th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
Michał Szaniawski appointed Acting President of POLSA
On March 29, 2019, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki entrusted Mr. Michał Szaniawski with the duties of President of the Polish Space Agency. This appointment follows from the recent resignation of Dr. Grzegorz Brona, former President of POLSA. Mr. Szaniawski will act as President of POLSA for a period of 3 months, until a formal appointment is made for the President of the Agency.
Poland has joined the Space Surveillance and Tracking (SST) Consortium established to track space debris.
At the end of 2018 Poland became a fully-fledged member of the Space Surveillance and Tracking (SST) Consortium. The accession agreement was signed on the 19th of December 2018 in the Polish Space Agency headquarters in Warsaw. Joining the Consortium will allow national institutions and entrepreneurs to participate in projects financed from the European Union funds, whose budget in the current and future financial perspective can go up to over EUR 350 million.
Fields of activity
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International Cooperation
POLSA coordinates the participation of representatives of Polish programs of the European Union (EU), the European Space Agency (ESA), the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) and the European Defence Agency (EDA) in the field of space research, space technology and satellite technology.
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Security and Defense
The priority task of the Polish Space Agency is to provide security of the state and its citizens and to increase Polish defense capabilities through the use of satellite systems.
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Data for administrative authorities
Polish Space Agency is to facilitate and enable the country administration at central and local government use of products derived through the use of satellite technology such as Earth observation, satellite navigation or telecommunications.
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Space Industry
Supporting the domestic space sector is one of the vital spheres of activity of the Polish Space Agency. POLSA works on developing partnerships between Polish industry and research entities in chosen areas of space activity by organizing task forces meetings and briefings on the state of development of technological domains of the European Space Agency.
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Research & Development
In the field of space research Polish Space Agency is to actively support Polish scientific institutions and enterprises conducting R & D in the areas of raising funds for scientific research, industrial research and development work on space exploration, and development of space technologies.
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Education
Polish Space Agency will conduct educational activities in areas such as space technology, Polish space policy, the participation of Polish entities in space missions and experiments, addressed to all age groups and various communities.
POLSA: Polish Space Agency
Polska Agencja Kosmiczna
Polish Space Agency (POLSA) was established by the Act of 26 September 2014. The task of the Agency is to support the Polish space industry by combining the world of business and science. We also help to get provision for entrepreneurs in obtaining funds from the European Space Agency (ESA). An important aspect of the Agency's activity is to promote the development of satellite technology that can be used in everyday life, including communication, navigation, environmental monitoring and weather forecasting.
The priority task of the Polish Space Agency is to take care of the security of the country and its citizens and to increase Polish defense capabilities through the use of satellite systems.
Contact us
Polish Space Agency
Trzy Lipy 3 Street (Building C)
80-172 Gdansk
Poland
phone: +48 58 500 87 60
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