Creotech Instruments has announced a significant expansion of its collaboration with the European Space Agency (ESA) on the CAMILA project – a new addendum raises the value of the contract to more than €59 million, of which €29.1 million will accrue to Creotech alone. This is an increase of around €7.1 million, up from €3.5 million under the previous arrangement.
A key component of the upgrade is the delivery, launch and commissioning of a fourth observation satellite – the HyperSat Eagle 2.0 platform. The approximately 100 kg design has been equipped with a new orientation control system, larger solar panels and batteries, an open architecture with an interchangeable payload board and an interface to enable in-orbit data processing using artificial intelligence. With this, Eagle 2.0 is set to become a fully multi-mission platform – the identical satellite core already supports different missions with different payloads in parallel.
The second pillar of the annex is the integration of services of the commercial ground station network providing global connectivity, improving mission management and data transmission. Consequently, the contract provides for an updated schedule and new milestones. Creotech’s commitments at CAMILA are expected to be completed by November 2029 at the latest, although the company does not rule out further extensions.
CAMILA (Country Awareness Mission in Land Analysis) is a programme comprising four observation satellites and a ground segment for control and data processing – with maximum participation of Polish technology. Creotech functions here as the main contractor. The project is part of the country’s and ESA’s broader strategy to build European technology chains in the space sector. An earlier contract from April 2025 was worth nearly €52 million – with three satellites and ground infrastructure.
The contract extension signals Poland’s growing importance in the European space sector – while also testing the maturity of HyperSat’s technology and Creotech’s ability to carry out large-scale, complex missions at the first-tier integrator level.
