{"id":460618,"date":"2026-07-21T14:55:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T12:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2026\/07\/21\/la-polonia-diventa-il-polo-orientale-ue-per-le-comunicazioni-satellitari-investimento-da-656-milioni-al-programma-iris%c2%b2\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T16:20:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T14:20:01","slug":"poland-is-set-to-become-the-eus-eastern-hub-for-satellite-communications-a-656-million-investment-in-the-iris%c2%b2-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/07\/21\/poland-is-set-to-become-the-eus-eastern-hub-for-satellite-communications-a-656-million-investment-in-the-iris%c2%b2-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"Poland is set to become the EU\u2019s eastern hub for satellite communications: a 656 million investment in the IRIS\u00b2 programme"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels \u2013 Poland will invest \u20ac656 million of the remaining funds from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) in IRIS\u00b2<\/a><\/strong>, the European programme for secure satellite connectivity for governments, businesses, and citizens. The aim is to strengthen the resilience of the EU\u2019s strategic infrastructure and make Poland one of the pillars of the future European satellite network. The agreement was signed today<\/a> in Warsaw by the European Commissioner for Defence and Space, Andrius Kubilius<\/strong>, alongside the Polish Minister of the Interior, Marcin Kierwi\u0144ski<\/strong>, and the Under-Secretary of State Konrad Szyma\u0144ski<\/strong>. \u201cThis huge investment demonstrates great leadership on Poland\u2019s part. I hope that other Member States will follow this example,\u201d Kubilius said on the sidelines of the signing<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Poland is the first country to use NRRP funds to finance a national constellation integrated into IRIS\u00b2<\/strong>. The European Commission had identified three possible areas for allocating the resources still available from the NRRP: security, defence, and space. In total, the country has received around \u20ac60 billion from the European Recovery and Resilience Facility<\/a><\/strong>.<\/strong> <\/p>\n

Membership of IRIS\u00b2 forms part of a broader strategy to strengthen the national space sector. Key initiatives include the Polish Earth Observation Constellation<\/strong> CAMILA<\/strong>, which is also funded by the EU, the new Centre for Civil Security and Resilience<\/a> developed in collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA), and the growing participation of Polish companies in European space programmes. <\/p>\n

“By choosing to develop its own constellation as part of IRIS\u00b2, Poland has decided to collaborate with Europe within a single system<\/strong>,” Kubilius emphasised. A decision which, according to the Commissioner, will enable the country to benefit from more secure government communications, a shared satellite system at a lower cost than a wholly national solution, and new opportunities for highly skilled employment. <\/p>\n

The investment will also be of strategic importance for the Union\u2019s entire eastern flank. Poland\u2019s participation in the European programme \u201cwill make the country a connectivity hub for the entire eastern flank<\/strong> and will boost secure communications capacity across the whole region,\u201d said Kubilius. \u201cSecure connectivity from space is our lifeline in times of crisis and war.\u201d <\/p>\n

At the European level, the next steps involve expanding GOVSATCOM<\/a>, the European Union programme that provides secure and resilient satellite communications to governments, police forces, emergency services, and European institutions<\/strong>, by integrating new commercial services. At the same time, development of IRIS\u00b2 will continue, with the aim of commencing initial operations by 2029. <\/p>\n

For the European Commissioner, the way forward is clear: to strengthen shared capabilities rather than multiplying national ones. “It is better to develop a single European system<\/strong>, capable of growing over time, rather than multiplying separate national systems<\/strong>, which are more expensive, less interoperable, and less efficient,” concluded Kubilius.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The EU Commissioner for Defence and Space, Andrius Kubilius, travelled to Warsaw to sign the agreement: \u201cIt is better to develop a single European system, capable of evolving over time, rather than multiplying separate national systems, which are more expensive, less interoperable, and less efficient.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7896,"featured_media":460589,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[30809],"tags":[27336,29924,34980,30000,34981,32461,34982,34983,25952,25745,26513,26167],"class_list":["post-460618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defence-security","tag-andrius-kubilius-en","tag-comunicazione-satellitare","tag-connectivity-en","tag-costellazione-satellitare","tag-govsatcom","tag-infrastrutture-e-reti","tag-iris","tag-poland-and","tag-safety-en","tag-satellite-in","tag-space-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7896"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=460618"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":460619,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460618\/revisions\/460619"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}