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The GNSS antennas calibration environment developed by Astri Polska and Warmia and Mazury University in Olsztyn, Poland (UWM Olsztyn) granted a green light from the European Space Agency to proceed with the integration of the entire system. At the beginning of October, in the presence of the ESA technical officer, the project consortium has proven that the developed solutions are working properly in real-life conditions. The project will allow Poland to acquire significant competencies in the domain that is currently a market niche.   GRAVEr (GNSS Receiver Antenna calibration serVice for new E-GNSS signals) is a project held by Astri Polska and UWM Olsztyn for European Space Agency. It aims to develop and implement a calibration environment for GNSS antennas that are capable to receive signals on different frequencies and systems, with…

Astri Polska devices will play an important role in the development of the latest generation European meteorological satellites as part of the European Space Agency (ESA) program. In mid-August, the last of the eight devices contracted for the MetOp-SG program was delivered. Read more at the Polish Press Agency news portal: http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news,78315,polish-devices-latest-generation-european-meteorological-satellites.html 

Astri Polska has delivered all the contracted equipment for the JUICE mission which is to explore Jupiter and its icy moons. At the end of the year, the company will provide dedicated test software to the program. JUICE is one of the most important programs of ESA in which the Polish space sector is involved.  The device delivered in mid-July is the last one of two electronic systems for the JUICE explorer that has been commissioned to Astri Polska. The first device was delivered last November.  Both devices constitute a test infrastructure for the JUICE explorer and along with dedicated software are to test and simulate the functioning of specific sub-systems of the explorer on which Astri Polska is now working. As a result, the engineers supervising the JUICE mission…

A satellite ice monitoring service developed by Astri Polska for the monitoring of European inland waters will be implemented as a new functionality of the Copernicus satellite Earth observation programme. It will be used, among others, by crisis management organisations. It will be the first solution of this kind developed by a Polish company for the Copernicus programme. Solutions provided by Astri Polska will make it possible to monitor the ice cover on European inland waters based on data provided by the Sentinel-2 optical satellite as part of the Copernicus programme. The algorithms will operate fully automatically, and the data will be processed in near real-time. This means that newly acquired satellite data will be available in the form of information products in the shortest time possible. The monitoring will…

Astri Polska will provide devices for satellites ordered by leading European telecommunications operators. Solutions designed and manufactured by Polish engineers will be used for the integration of satellites manufactured by Airbus Defence and Space as the main contractor.  Devices supplied by Astri Polska will be used to test the electronic systems of the satellites before they are put into orbit. A total of four satellites ordered by two leading European telecommunications operators will be tested. One is Eutelsat, the French company operating the Hotbird satellites, which are used for TV and radio transmissions. The other is Hisdesat, the Spanish operator of the SpainSAT satellites, which are used for secure communications by the Spanish Ministry of Defence and by countries participating in the European Governmental Satellite Communications Programme, or GOVSATCOM. The…