{
 "slug": "poland-mikroglob-satellites-transporter-18-creotech-optical-reconnaissance",
 "title": "Poland's MikroGlob-2, -3 and -4 Reach Orbit on Transporter-18, Completing Four Creotech Optical Recon Satellites Order",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/poland-mikroglob-satellites-transporter-18-creotech-optical-reconnaissance/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/poland-mikroglob-satellites-transporter-18-creotech-optical-reconnaissance/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-10-02T19:30:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-10-06T19:30:58.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWarsaw, 2 October 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * MikroGlob-2, -3 and -4 launched on SpaceX's Transporter-18 rideshare from Vandenberg on 1 October and joined MikroGlob-1, in orbit since Transporter-17 on 7 July; Creotech Instruments reported two-way contact and telemetry from all three and the start of commissioning\n * Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, deputy prime minister and defence minister, announced the launch on 2 October\n * The Armament Agency ordered the four optical Earth-observation sat",
 "countries": [
  "lithuania",
  "poland"
 ],
 "domains": [
  "industry"
 ],
 "capabilities": [
  "space"
 ],
 "tags": [
  "defense-industry",
  "spc-space",
  "polish-lithuanian-axis"
 ],
 "sources": [],
 "entities": [
  "finland",
  "poland"
 ],
 "inferred": {
  "countries": [
   "finland",
   "poland"
  ],
  "domains": [],
  "capabilities": []
 }
}