Space Research Centre of Polish Academy of Sciences

Coordinates: 52°12′52″N 21°04′03″E / 52.2145°N 21.0676°E / 52.2145; 21.0676
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Space Research Centre
Centrum Badań Kosmicznych
Space agency
HeadquartersWarsaw, Poland
AdministratorIwona Stanisławska
Employees180 (2010)
Websitewww.cbk.waw.pl
The main building in Warsaw (2014)

The Space Research Centre (SRC, Polish: Centrum Badań Kosmicznych) is an interdisciplinary research institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences. It was established in 1977. SRC PAS is the only institute in Poland whose activity is fully dedicated to the research of terrestrial space, the Solar System and the Earth using space technology and satellite techniques.

The SRC also acted as

space agency until the Polish Space Agency
(POLSA) was fully established in 2014.

Since 1977 the SRC staff developed, constructed and prepared for launch over 60 instruments and participated in the experiments in more than 50 space missions, for example:

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Organisation structure

The Space Research Centre is composed of multiple R&D facilities spread across locations in Warsaw, Wrocław, as well as Borówiec near Poznań.

Research groups

  • Solar Physics Division
  • Laboratory for Solar System Physics and Astrophysics
  • Solar System Dynamics and Planetology Laboratory
  • Plasma Physics Laboratory
  • Planetary Geodesy Division
  • Earth Observation Laboratory

Engineering groups

  • Micromechanical and Photonics Laboratory
  • Electronic Constructions Laboratory
  • Space Mechatronics and Robotics Laboratory
  • Laboratory of Satellite Applications of FPGA

See also

External links

52°12′52″N 21°04′03″E / 52.2145°N 21.0676°E / 52.2145; 21.0676