Łukasiewicz – Institute of Aviation and the Polish Space Agency won the Złoty Spinacz Award in a competition organized by the Polish Public Relations Consultancies Association. The award was given in the media relations category for the “Space game changer of Polish engineers” project. The award presentation took place on December 9, 2024 in Warsaw.
Złote Spinacze is the largest public relations competition in Poland. The main goal of the awards is to increase professionalism, raise standards in the public relations industry as well as to create a positive image of the industry by promoting the best, most creative and expertly implemented projects in Poland. The Złote Spinacze Awards also work to educate the business environment on the importance of public relations to business operations.
The “Space game changer of Polish engineers” that entered in the competition is a media campaign related to launching into space the ILR-33 AMBER 2K suborbital rocket developed at Łukasiewicz – Institute of Aviation. The test campaign took place on July 3, 2024 at Andøya Space Sub-Orbital in Norway. The Polish rocket reached a ceiling of 101 km, which was a historic achievement for Polish engineers. The testing involved the Polish Space Agency which co-financed the venture.
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The Łukasiewicz Research Network – Institute of Aviation is one of the most modern research facilities in Europe, with traditions dating back to 1926. The Institute closely cooperates with global tycoons of the aviation industry, such as: Boeing, GE, Airbus, Pratt & Whitney, and institutions from the space industry, including the European Space Agency. Strategic research areas of the Institute are aviation, space and unmanned technologies. It also provides research and services for domestic and foreign industries in the field of materials, composite, additive, remote sensing, energy and oil&gas technologies. More: ilot.lukasiewicz.gov.pl/en/
The Łukasiewicz Research Network offers businesses attractive, broad and competitive technological solutions. Łukasiewicz provides a unique “challenge system” powered by a group of 4,500 scientists, who take up a business challenge and present the entrepreneur with potential solutions. At the same time, it provides access to cutting-edge capabilities and unique scientific infrastructure in the country. Most importantly – the entrepreneur does not bear the cost of preparing the conception of the research works. Łukasiewicz conveniently meets the expectations of the business. The entrepreneur can contact Łukasiewicz through an online form on our website https://lukasiewicz.gov.pl/en/business/ but also directly in over 50 locations of Łukasiewicz Institutes and their branches throughout Poland. Each site provides the same, high quality, product or service. Łukasiewicz focused on research areas such as: Health, Smart and Clean Mobility, Digital Transformation and Green and Low-emission Economy.
