SatRev has completed preparations for its next long-awaited mission: the company’s nanosatellite – PW6U – has been delivered to the launch site and is fully ready to be sent into orbit aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-15 mission scheduled for 19 November this year. The launch marks another project demonstrating SatRev’s ability to carry out the entire satellite lifecycle – from design and manufacturing, through software and mission control, all the way to data acquisition and analysis.
SatRev S.A. is one of the leaders of Poland’s NewSpace sector and remains the only Polish commercial company operating a fully functional satellite currently on orbit, transmitting data directly to its own ground stations. The company has completed final preparations for the PW6U nanosatellite, which has passed all integration procedures ahead of the SpaceX Transporter-15 mission. Built in Wrocław, PW6U is a precursor to SatRev’s modern satellite platforms, confirming the repeatability and scalability of its engineering processes. As part of the same SpaceX mission – a global leader in commercial payload launches – the Polish satellites PIAST and ICEYE will also be placed into orbit alongside PW6U.
PW6U is an advanced 6U-class nanosatellite equipped with a multispectral optical instrument capable of capturing RGB and NIR imagery at 5.8-metre resolution from an altitude of 500 km. It also includes an onboard real-time data-processing module using AI directly in orbit. PW6U relies on key subsystems designed and built by SatRev, including UHF and S-band communication systems, the power management and distribution unit, and the onboard computer. It will join another SatRev satellite already operating in orbit since early this year, providing data to commercial and institutional clients – representing another step in strengthening Poland’s sovereign satellite technology.
Transporting the satellite to the launch platform and placing it into orbit requires coordination with international partners – a process successfully managed once again by the SatRev team, confirming the company’s experience and capability in advanced logistical operations. All remaining stages – design, production, software development, mission control, and data acquisition and analysis – are carried out in-house at SatRev. These fully sovereign capabilities are key to developing a planned product line for the defence and dual-use sector, in which the company is advancing observational and data-processing technologies dedicated to security and critical infrastructure. The data collected by PW6U will have broad civilian applications in areas such as agriculture, forestry, energy, and infrastructure.
“Delivering PW6U to the launch site and preparing it for orbit is confirmation that we have achieved maturity in our production and operational processes. Each mission strengthens our competencies and ability to execute end-to-end satellite projects, which is fundamental to building sovereign space technologies. PW6U demonstrates that we can systematically evolve our platforms, enhance their capabilities, and deliver satellites ready for operational work,”
said Dr. Daniel Więzik, CEO of SatRev S.A.
SatRev is also preparing to debut on the NewConnect market and has recently become part of ORBITEO – an emerging technology holding that connects Polish companies from sectors such as defence, space, UAV, and deep tech. The integration aims to leverage synergies across the group, combine competencies, and accelerate the development of sovereign dual-use technologies, supported by SatRev’s experience in nanosatellite engineering and data analytics.
Since 2016, SatRev has been developing technologies enabling rapid acquisition and analysis of satellite data, including building its own mission control centre in Wrocław, satellite subsystems, and ground stations in Poland and Oman. To date, the company has placed several of its own and partner satellites into orbit, continually improving the performance and reliability of its platforms. PW6U confirms that Polish space technology can be designed, manufactured, and operated entirely domestically.
Source: CEO.com.pl
