Polish–Luxembourg Partnership in Orbit

On 11 February 2025, Creotech Instruments, a Polish manufacturer of satellites, satellite systems, and components listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Luxembourg’s Odysseus Space SA, a company specializing in laser communications between space and Earth.

The purpose of the MoU is to initiate discussions on developing satellite constellations for industrial and military clients, based on the integration of Creotech’s HyperSat platform with Odysseus Space’s optical communication technology. Odysseus Space’s flagship product, Cyclops, enables data transmission speeds of up to 10 Gbps. The company aims to build a network of optical ground stations, with plans to achieve a data download capacity of 1 TB per day by 2026 to meet the growing demand for fast and secure satellite data transfers.

“The agreement with Odysseus Space is another step toward building advanced satellite constellations that combine our HyperSat platform with groundbreaking optical communication technology. This is the future – secure, resistant to interference, and critical for industrial and military missions as well as space exploration. I am confident that together, we’ll leverage our companies’ full potential and begin work on our next commercial project: building constellations based on optical communications,” said Grzegorz Brona, PhD, President of the Management Board (CEO) of Creotech Instruments S.A.

Optical communication provides secure, point-to-point links between satellites and between satellites and ground stations. Unlike radio communication, it uses a narrow beam that is difficult to intercept or jam. This technology can also be used for quantum key distribution, which directly aligns with Creotech Instruments’ focus on quantum technologies. In the future, this solution can be applied to missions to the Moon and deep space exploration.

Creotech Instruments specializes in satellite systems and advanced electronics, including applications in quantum technology. It is the only Polish company with the capability to manufacture microsatellites, ranging from 10 kg to several dozen kg. A significant milestone for the company was the 2024 launch of the EagleEye test microsatellite, based on its proprietary HyperSat platform. In 2025, Creotech plans to launch three more satellites using the HyperSat platform as part of the PIAST project, coordinated by the Military University of Technology in Warsaw. The company is also continuing the next stages of the Mikroglob project, valued at PLN 453m net. Creotech is involved in several promising projects for the European Space Agency (ESA), such as the Plasma Observatory, Space Weather Nanosatellites System Enhancement, the Pan Twardowski mission, Visdoms SBOM, and the development of key components to connect terrestrial private 5G networks (using mmWave technology) with 5G NTN (Non-Terrestrial Networks) satellite communication.

Last week, Creotech Instruments announced another major partnership through a Memorandum of Understanding with Unibap AB, a Swedish provider of onboard computers and cloud solutions for the space sector, aimed at creating satellite constellations for select clients in the US and Europe.