Historic milestone for Polish space science as they successfully launch Eagleeye satellite

Poland's space industry marks historical day.

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00:00Poland's largest satellite, Eagle Eye, was successfully launched into orbit. The historical

00:07send-off brings Polish space science and technology to its peak.

00:11Tomasz Barszynski works at the Space Research Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences and

00:17he speaks proudly of the Polish-designed satellite.

00:20It is Polish technology, for sure. It is designed in Poland from scratch, from a piece of paper.

00:28But the mission facilitated by SpaceX left from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

00:40The project, which kicked off in April 2020, will provide researchers with high-resolution

00:46pictures of the Earth. The mission control centre is located in Warsaw, and according

00:51to plans, the mission will last for minimum one year on Earth's lower orbit.