European Consortium to Field Eagle-1 Satellite-Based End-To-End Quantum Key Distribution System, Set In Orbit in 2024

…An SES-led consortium of 20 European companies, with the European Space Agency (ESA) and European Commission support, will design, develop, launch and operate the EAGLE-1 satellite-based end-to-end system for secure Quantum Key Distribution, enabling in-orbit validation and demonstration of next-generation cyber-security across Europe…

…Using the EAGLE-1 system, ESA and the European Union Member States will achieve the first step to demonstrate and validate QKD technologies from low earth orbit to the ground…

…The EAGLE-1 satellite is due to launch in 2024 and will then complete three years of in-orbit mission supported by the European Commission…

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