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More Polish companies moving towards space industry

Xinhua, March 31, 2016 Adjust font size:

More and more Polish companies are moving towards space industry and space robotics, getting access to most recent and advanced technologies, the Polish Press Agency (PAP) reported Wednesday.

The tendency, according to PAP, was especially visible at the recent Space Industry Forum held in Warsaw on March 9 during which more than 30 Polish organizations and companies presented their products and services, including space robotics solutions.

Companies such as Creotech Instruments, designing and creating various types of satellite and terrestrial devices, or Astronika, specializing in creating precise space mechanisms, closely cooperate with foreign scientific institutions, including the European Spaces Agency (ESA).

"We are currently implementing five different projects for ESA", the PAP report quoted Jakub Stelmachowski from the Astronika company as saying. One of the most vital projects the company is working on currently is mechanisms used in penetrating devices. Such devises go deep into the soil and help to distinguish its properties and are often used during explorative missions to the Moon, asteroids or Mars.

Jacek Kosiec, director of Space Programs from Creotech Instruments said that "due to the fact that making proper space capsules and protection for people in space generates huge costs, it is more economic to send robotized space probes .. therefore the used electronics must be extremely advanced and reliable." He said space robotics has a bright future ahead.

Such perspectives also attract organizations from different sectors, such as Polish Industrial Institute for Automation and Measurements, a unit providing scientific research and implementation works for the industry, whose recent specialization is orbital robotics. The Institute is currently working on ESA project of a grasper, which can help deorbit Envisat satellite.

However, a major hope for the Institute, is the technology transfer and the usage of the acquired knowledge in their earthly projects. The Institute also focuses on future space missions, including the service of orbital satellites and space mining, and hopes to become one of first providers of such technologies, according to PAP. Enditem