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SmallSat Europe Speaker Focus: Col. Marcin Mazur, Polish Space Agency

SmallSat Europe Speaker Focus: Col. Marcin Mazur, Polish Space Agency

Poland's space sector posted its first profitable year in January 2026. Col. Marcin Mazur, VP of the Polish Space Agency, takes the SmallSat Europe stage to explain how policy becomes…

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Defense Economics and the European SmallSat Market

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