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Hauptverfasser: Hiemstra, Thomas, Hasler, David, Paone, Domenico, Reichert, Fabian, Heine, Frank, Struck, Julian
Format: Preprint
Veröffentlicht: 2025
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Online-Zugang:https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.20838
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author Hiemstra, Thomas
Hasler, David
Paone, Domenico
Reichert, Fabian
Heine, Frank
Struck, Julian
author_facet Hiemstra, Thomas
Hasler, David
Paone, Domenico
Reichert, Fabian
Heine, Frank
Struck, Julian
contents The satellite mission EAGLE-1 represents an important step towards a future pan-European secure quantum key distribution (QKD) network. The public-private partnership behind the mission consists of a consortium of universities, research institutes, and companies partially funded by ESA, the European Union, and supported by national delegations. This unique combination of academic partners and industry facilitates a swift knowledge transfer from basic research to commercial application. Within the consortium, Tesat-Spacecom (TESAT) is responsible for developing and integrating the payload assembly of the low-earth orbit EAGLE-1 satellite. In addition, TESAT provides the SCOT80 laser terminal with minor adaptations for the mission. Here, we report on the status, technical aspects and TESATs contribution to the satellite-to-ground prepare-and-measure QKD mission.
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spellingShingle The European Satellite-Based QKD System EAGLE-1
Hiemstra, Thomas
Hasler, David
Paone, Domenico
Reichert, Fabian
Heine, Frank
Struck, Julian
Quantum Physics
The satellite mission EAGLE-1 represents an important step towards a future pan-European secure quantum key distribution (QKD) network. The public-private partnership behind the mission consists of a consortium of universities, research institutes, and companies partially funded by ESA, the European Union, and supported by national delegations. This unique combination of academic partners and industry facilitates a swift knowledge transfer from basic research to commercial application. Within the consortium, Tesat-Spacecom (TESAT) is responsible for developing and integrating the payload assembly of the low-earth orbit EAGLE-1 satellite. In addition, TESAT provides the SCOT80 laser terminal with minor adaptations for the mission. Here, we report on the status, technical aspects and TESATs contribution to the satellite-to-ground prepare-and-measure QKD mission.
title The European Satellite-Based QKD System EAGLE-1
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.20838