Creotech Instruments joins strategic initiative to expand access to satellite data across the Three Seas Region

Creotech Instruments S.A., Poland’s largest space mission integrator, has joined the group of signatories to a letter of intent launching an initiative to develop a hybrid satellite constellation in the Three Seas countries. The document was signed on 29 April 2026 during the Three Seas Summit and Business Forum in Dubrovnik. The project envisages the creation of a regional satellite data-sharing system on a scale unprecedented in Central and Eastern Europe. This joint initiative by companies from the Three Seas region — Croatia, the Czech Republic, Greece, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia — is intended to significantly enhance Earth observation capabilities by sharing satellite resources and developing interoperable ground infrastructure. Creotech Instruments S.A.’s involvement in the project forms part of broader efforts to strengthen the European space sector and build independent regional capabilities in acquiring and using satellite data, which are crucial for security, the economy and crisis management.

The signing ceremony took place in the presence of Ivan Anušić, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of Croatia; Harry Theoharis, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece; Marcin Przydacz, Secretary of State and Head of the International Policy Bureau at the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland; and Rastislav Chovanec, State Secretary of the Slovak Republic.

“Participation in this initiative is an important step towards building a strong regional space ecosystem. Cooperation among the Three Seas countries will make it possible to significantly increase the efficiency of satellite data use and develop advanced space technologies in Central and Eastern Europe. The hybrid constellation initiative demonstrates that coordinated action and shared resources can deliver economies of scale that would be unattainable for individual countries acting alone. Its open nature also creates room for additional companies and countries to join the next stages of the project’s development, which we hope will happen in the near future. This is not only a matter of technology, but also of security, infrastructure resilience and improved responses to challenges such as climate change and geopolitical instability. For Creotech Instruments S.A., it is also an opportunity to further strengthen its capabilities in satellite systems and to play an active role in building Europe’s Earth observation capabilities,” said Grzegorz Brona, PhD, DSc, President of the Management Board of Creotech Instruments S.A.

The initiative envisages the creation of a new model of cooperation among countries in the region in the use of Earth observation data. The project is based on the assumption that satellites owned by individual countries may also acquire imagery for other member states, significantly increasing data availability — potentially many times over for each participant.

In the first stage, cooperation will include data exchange and the mutual commissioning of satellite imagery. The next step will be the integration of ground infrastructure: receiving stations in individual countries will be able to receive data from partner satellites and serve as mutual backups, increasing the resilience of the entire system. The fact that most Three Seas countries are members of the European Space Agency will facilitate interoperability between satellites from different countries.

The letter of intent is non-binding and sets the direction for further work on cooperation between space-sector companies from Croatia, the Czech Republic, Greece, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia. The Dubrovnik signatories are acting as the initiators of the project, which is expected to be expanded to include new partners in subsequent stages. The individual countries were represented by selected companies and organisations from the space sector, including Creotech Instruments, CloudFerro and Eycore from Poland; VZLU Aerospace, Groundcom and the Czech Space Alliance from the Czech Republic; the Hellenic Association of Space Industry and Geosystems Hellas from Greece; SPACE-SI from Slovenia; Protostar Labs from Croatia; and Sab CTRL Space and Touch4IT from Slovakia.

The importance of the project extends beyond the space sector. Satellite data now play a key role in areas such as security, critical infrastructure protection, crisis management and climate change monitoring. A joint constellation of the Three Seas countries could become one of the foundations for building the region’s resilience in a changing geopolitical environment.

The signing of the document in Dubrovnik marks the first, yet significant, step towards creating a regional satellite system that could strengthen Central and Eastern Europe both technologically and strategically.