Poland participated in the Interkosmos programme, a Soviet initiative to include socialist countries in space research and exploration.

[4] Through the Interkosmos programme, Polish scientists played key roles in developing satellite technology.

[9] In the following years, the nanosatellites Lem (2013) and Heweliusz (2014) were put into orbit as part of the BRITE programme by the Space Research Centre of Polish Academy of Sciences.

[8] On September 26, 2014, an act was passed by the Sejm establishing the Polish Space Agency (POLSA)[10] as a branch of the Ministry of Economic Development and Technology.

In November 2014, professor Marek Banaszkiewicz, who previously served as director of the Space Research Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences became the first President of the newly formed agency.

POLSA participates in a number of international programmes, such as the ESA's Space Situational Awareness Programme, focused on monitoring space debris and other objects approaching Earth; and the ENTRUSTED project, focused on providing secure satellite communication for and between government agencies within EU member states.

Piotr Suszyński, the vice president for defense at POLSA, also stated that the project would promote international cooperation with the European Space Agency (ESA).

[22] On March 18, 2022, POLSA signed a letter of intent with Virgin Orbit in a bid to secure a domestic launch capability.

[23] On March 2, 2023, POLSA's vice-president Michal Wiercinski attended Australian International Airshow in order to win not only a launch site for future Polish missions, likely the RAAF Woomera Range Complex, but also to win over subcontractors to design Polish satellites, namely the EagleEye Earth observation spacecraft.

[26] The PIAST constellation are a group of three identical 6U Earth Observation nanosatellites announced in 2021 and developed by a consortium led by Creotech Instruments guided by the Military University of Technology and operated by POLSA.