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SpaceForest receives financing for the SIR rocket
In December 2017 the SpaceForest company from Gdynia, Poland received funding to design and test a Polish suborbital rocket
A new web portal dedicated to European space research
It will make the findings of the European space projects available to professionals in the field, interested citizens, journalists and educators. It will also help to form new partnerships, enable funding analysis, identify commercial opportunities that are created by the findings, generate interest in space exploration and science.
Space hackaton in Tartu (Estonia) – 3th-5th Nov 2017
Between 3rd and 5th of November a hackaton will be held in the city of Tartu in Estonia.
New Chairship of the ESA Council
Otylia Trzaskalska-Stroińska has been elected as vice-chair of the ESA Council. This poses a great chance for Polish space sector.
Space Net Ventures launches the Space Net Ventures (S)EIS fund
SPNV Ltd, trading as Space Net Ventures, is delighted to announce the launch of an (S)EIS fund, Space Net Ventures (S)EIS fund.
Polish PW-Sat2 will be launched into space at the end of 2017 on-board Falcon 9
PW-Sat2 satellite will be launched into a Sun-synchronous orbit of approx. 575 km altitude.
The European satellite systems serving the European security
The European Parliament adopted a report drafted by MEP Bogdan Zdrojewski on Space capabilities for European security and defence.
Rafał Reszelewski received the Edgar Wilson Award
Rafał Reszelewski from Świdwin is the first Pole to receive the Edgar Wilson Award, one of the most important awards an amateur astronomer can obtain.
Polish Astronomers Discover Young Stellar Bridge in the Magellanic Clouds
Polish astronomers from the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE) have discovered a young stellar bridge, that forms a continuous connection between the Magellanic Clouds.
Will Estonia and Hungary become ESA memberstates in 2015?
It is very probable that the European Space Agency will be joined by two new member states from our region – Estonia and Hungary.