[Satellite Today 12-17-08] The European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (Eumetsat) announced Dec. 17 that Poland will become a full member of the organization in 2009.
    Poland has been a cooperating state since January 2000 and will be the largest cooperating state to become a Eumetsat member.
    As a Member State, Poland will participate fully in Eumetsat’s decisionmaking process, will have unlimited access to all Eumetsat data and products for official duty use, and its industry will be able to bid for contracts. Poland will participate in all Eumetsat mandatory programs.