Col. Marcin Mazur

Colonel Mazur began his military service in 1998 and was promoted to first officer rank, second lieutenant, in 2002. He graduated from the Military University of Technology in Warsaw with a master's degree in topography and cartography. He began his career as a geospatial reconnaissance officer in the 6th Independent Geographical Unit in Toruń, where he became commander of the Mobile Geographic Support Team, dedicated to the NATO Response Force.

Colonel Mazur then served at the NATO Joint Force Command in Brunssum, the Netherlands, in the Geospatial Support Section, Reconnaissance Directorate J2, and as an officer of the Imagery Section at the Military Geographical Center in Warsaw, from where in 2012 he was assigned to serve at the General Staff of the Polish Army, Intelligence and Reconnaissance Analysis Directorate – P2, Imagery Reconnaissance Division.

Colonel Mazur's goal is to implement the Polish Space Strategy issued in 2017, which is consistent with both the 2016 Space Strategy for Europe and the 2019 NATO Overarching Space Policy. An additional task is to implement the National Space Program for 2022-2026.

Colonel Mazur’s responsibilities at POLSA include systematizing security and defense activities, in particular the development of dual-use capabilities that can have military and civilian applications:
EO – Earth observation satellite systems;
SATCOM – satellite communication systems;
SSA / SST – Space Situational Awareness / Space Surveillance and Tracking;
Orbital launch technologies.