We have the first photographs of Warsaw, Gdańsk and the Tatras taken from space by the satellite of the Armed Forces of Poland – Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz informed on Monday. The images come from a satellite launched into orbit on 28 November under the MicroSAR programme. The device is presently in the investigating and calibration phase, before being handed over to the military.
28 November at 7.44 p.m. The first Polish radar satellite was launched into orbit on board SpaceX rocket 9. This is the first of 3 devices of this type, which Poland acquired in the framework of MicroSAR programme. ‘After successful launch and communication, standard procedures for the early orbital phase (LEOP) were carried out, including verification of the operation of the individual satellite subsystems. After they were completed, the implementation phase began, during which further tests are being carried out," said the company present Iceye, who is simply a MON Technology Partner In a space project.
The Polish satellite began performing images on 2 December. The results were presented to the public today. “We have the first photographs of Warsaw, Gdańsk and the Tatras taken from space by the satellite of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland”, said Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz on platform X. "First photos from the Polish military satellite – just a week after the launch! large shots of respective places in Poland – including the best 25 cm resolution in the world! We are inactive working to hand over the satellite to the Armed Forces of Poland!" added Rafał Modrzewski, co-founder and president of Iceye.
"The satellite is presently being prepared to accomplish full operational readiness and to hand it over to the Polish Army. A large thank you to all who made this unique task a fact," wrote the head of the Ministry of Defence. The full functionality of the strategy is expected to be achieved in 2026. Satellite radar systems with synthetic aperture (SAR) will let the military to get photographs of the surface Earth at a resolution of about 25 cm, regardless of the time of day, weather and cloud level.
