Space Research Centre PAS (SRC PAS) was established in 1977. Since then it has been carrying out pure and applied studies based on space experiments in the field of space physics and Solar System research, and physical and geodesic studies of planets and the Earth. The Centre is the only institution in Poland whose activity is fully dedicated to space research and its applications in geosciences and technology. The six main research fields of activity at SRC PAS are: Sun physics, study of planets and small solar system bodies, interplanetary space physics and astrophysics, plasma physics, planetary geodesy and geodynamics, Earth observation. Since the institute establishment its researchers and engineers participated in over 60 space missions and constructed more than 60 unique instruments for space missions