Polish Space Agency with up to €100 mln budget

The Polish Space Agency (Polska Agencja Kosmiczna) will start its operational work in fall, according to Maciej Banaszkiewicz, the head of the agency. The institution's annual budget may reach €100 million. "We will receive €30 million from the European Space Agency (ESA), €10 million from EUMETSAT (European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites) and €40 million as part of the European projects we participate in. One has to add an additional funds from the National Center for Research and Development and from the National Science Center," said Banaszkiewicz. The Polish Space Agency (Polska Agencja Kosmiczna) has started operating at the beginning of March and is located in the Gdańsk Science and Technology Park.