lake mackay australia Sentinel-2B copernicus
Australia’s Lake MacKay as seen in a modified satellite image from the Copernicus program's Sentinel-2B in March.

A 15 million euro ($17.8 million) contract to build one of the five Copernicus Data and Information Access Services (DIAS) platforms has been awarded by the European Space Agency to a Polish-led consortium – the biggest ESA deal the ex-communist country closed since having joined the agency in 2012.

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Caleb Henry is a former SpaceNews staff writer.