Polish Space Agency
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| Consist | since 2015 | ||
| Headquarters | Danzig | ||
| household | 10 million zł (2015) | ||
| Coordinates | 54 ° 21 '16 " N , 18 ° 35' 31" E | ||
| Authority management | Grzegorz Brona | ||
| Employee | approx. 20 | ||
| Website | polsa.gov.pl | ||
The Polish Space Agency , Polish Polska Agencja Kosmiczna ( PAK ), English Polish Space Agency ( POLSA ), is a space agency based in Gdansk . Its aim is to coordinate Polish space research in connection with activities and programs nationally and internationally.
structure
The POLSA is divided into three areas, which are assigned to the President and two Vice-Presidents:
President:
- Department for International Cooperation and Strategies
- Department for the National Space Program
- organization
Vice President for Science:
- Research and Development Department
- Department of Education and Teaching
Vice Presidents for Defense:
- Department of Military Satellite Technologies and
- Defense Projects Department
Locations
At the request of the Polish senator and former rector of the Technical University of Gdansk Edmund Wittbrodt, the Sejm decided on Gdansk as the seat of POLSA.
In addition to its headquarters in Gdansk, POLSA has two branches:
- The Warsaw office is responsible for the following voivodships : West Pomerania, Pomerania, Warmian-Masurian, Podlachian, Lubusz, Greater Poland, Kuyavian-Pomeranian, Łódź and Mazovia.
- The office in Rzeszów takes care of the voivodeships: Lower Silesia, Opole, Silesia, Świętokrzyskie, Lesser Poland, Lublin and Subcarpathian.
management
In November 2014, Professor Marek Banaszkiewicz, who previously served as Director of the Space Research Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences , was appointed Chairman of the Polish Space Agency. Professor Marek Moszyński of the Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Computer Science at the Technical University of Gdańsk became Vice President for Science. Colonel Piotr Suszyński became Vice-President for Defense.
Professor Banaszkiewicz was dismissed by Prime Minister Beata Szydło on October 7, 2016, although his term of office was set for five years. He was succeeded by the deputy president of POLSA, Colonel Piotr Suszyński, the vice-president for defense. On March 13, 2018, Grzegorz Brona was appointed the new President.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Polish Space Agency may launch operations in Gdańsk in early March Nauka w Polsce on February 27, 2015 (en), accessed on August 12, 2017
- ↑ Appointment as new President POLSA press release of March 14, 2018 (en), accessed on May 1, 2018
- ↑ Polish Space Agency launched Poland Today July 25, 2014, accessed August 12, 2017
- ↑ Satellites from Poland broadcast from space Germany Trade and Invest , accessed on August 12, 2017
- ↑ Piotr Suszyński, Vice President of the Polish Space Agency, press release by POLSA from October 7, 2016 (pl), accessed on August 12, 2017