Thanks to membership in esa, poland has emerged as a significant and recognizable partner in european space programs, contributing to research and the development of space and satellite technologies. The other members which later joined are Austria, czech republic, greece, ireland, luxembourg, poland, portugal, romania These countries are austria, belgium, czechia, denmark, estonia, finland, france, germany, greece, hungary, ireland, italy, luxembourg, netherlands, norway, poland, portugal, romania, spain, sweden, switzerland, and the united kingdom. „poland is now moving from being a relatively new member of the esa community to a much more mature player, with growing expertise and a strong desire to engage further. Austria, belgium, czech republic, denmark, estonia, finland, france, germany, greece, hungary, ireland, italy, luxembourg, the netherlands, norway, poland, portugal, romania, slovenia, spain, sweden, switzerland and the united kingdom.
Poland became a member of esa on november 19, 2012 “we have been participating in space exploration for 50 years, but only after poland's accession to esa we can talk about the emergence of the polish space sector and its dynamic development. The european space agency (esa) was founded in 1975 when the european space research organisation (esro) merged with the european launcher development organisation (eldo) The esa convention was signed by the esro and eldo members on 30 may 1975 and by ireland on 31 december 1975 Canada signed a cooperation agreement on 9 december 1978 The convention entered into force on 30 october 1980.
