Poland buys two spy satellites from Airbus波兰从空客公司购买了两颗间谍卫星
The deal is part of Poland’s efforts to boost its military reconnaissance capacities following Russia’s invasion of its neighbor Ukraine.
WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s Defence Ministry has signed a deal to acquire two observation satellites from French company Airbus.
The deal is part of Poland’s efforts to boost its military reconnaissance capacities following Russia’s invasion of its neighbor Ukraine .
Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak and French Armed Forces Minister Sébastien Lecornu signed the contract Dec. 27 in Warsaw .
A spokesperson for the Polish ministry told Defense News that the net value of the deal is about €575 million (U.S. $612 million).
“The Polish satellites will be launched into space until 2027,” the spokesperson said. “Already in 2023, the Polish Armed Forces will gain access to the resources of the existing Pléiades Neo [Earth observation] satellite constellation.”
The two satellites will be delivered to Warsaw along with a receiving station.
“The satellites will increase the capabilities of the Polish military in the field of acquiring reconnaissance data based on observation satellites operating as part of the French-Polish constellation,” the ministry said in a statement. “Owing to them, it will be possible [for Poland] to obtain reconnaissance data in the field of image reconnaissance with an accuracy of up to 30 cm, and operations within the constellation will allow for imaging a significantly larger area of the Earth than it is possible for a single country.”
Błaszczak said other issues he discussed with his French counterpart included areas of defense cooperation that could benefit Ukraine’s fight against Russia. Lecornu is scheduled to pay an official visit to Kyiv and meet with Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov on Dec. 28.
Jaroslaw Adamowski is the Poland correspondent for Defense News.
波兰华沙——波兰国防部已签署协议，从法国空中客车公司购买两颗观测卫星。
该协议是波兰在俄罗斯入侵邻国乌克兰后，为提升其军事侦察能力而采取的举措之一。
波兰国防部长马柳斯·布拉什恰克和法国武装部队部长塞巴斯蒂安·勒科尔努于12月27日在华沙签署了该合同。
波兰国防部发言人告诉《防务新闻》，该交易的净值约为 5.75 亿欧元（6.12 亿美元）。
发言人表示：“波兰的卫星将持续发射到2027年。早在2023年，波兰武装部队就能使用现有的Pléiades Neo（地球观测）卫星星座的资源。”
这两颗卫星将连同接收站一起运往华沙。
波兰国防部在一份声明中表示：“这些卫星将提升波兰军方在基于法波联合星座观测卫星获取侦察数据方面的能力。借助这些卫星，波兰将能够以高达30厘米的精度获取图像侦察数据，并且该星座的协同运作将使其能够对地球上比单个国家所能覆盖的更大区域进行成像。”
布拉什恰克表示，他与法国国防部长莱科尔努讨论的其他议题还包括有助于乌克兰对抗俄罗斯的防务合作领域。莱科尔努计划于12月28日对基辅进行正式访问，并与乌克兰国防部长奥列克西·列兹尼科夫会面。
Jaroslaw Adamowski 是《防务新闻》驻波兰记者。