RAL Space is the UK's national space laboratory, functioning as the space hub for UK Research and Innovation. It plays a crucial role in scientific research and technology development, with involvement in over 210 instruments on space missions. RAL Space works with UK and international agencies, universities, and businesses, offering expertise in developing scientific instrumentation, providing testing facilities, operating ground stations, and analyzing data. They partner with organizations like the UK Space Agency, ESA, and NASA, contributing to missions like the James Webb Space Telescope.
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Speqtre will test distribution of quantum keys to a ground station run by RAL Space at the Chilbolton Observatory in Hampshire and to a ground station in Singapore.
RAL Space is leading the Speqtre mission with an overview of the space components and is delivering the optical payload that will beam QKD signals to Earth.
RAL Space is developing an optical ground station at the Chilbolton Observatory to be used by Speqtre and to track and communicate with other satellites.
Speqtre will test the distribution of quantum keys to a ground station run by RAL Space at the Chilbolton Observatory in Hampshire and to a ground station in Singapore.
ISISPACE will work in close cooperation with RAL Space to develop the satellite platform and will be responsible for establishing the optical link needed for beaming QKD bi-directional signals.
ISISPACE will be in charge of the design, integration, and testing of both the platform and software and will support RAL Space with payload integration.
On 2021-03-04 ISISPACE was selected by Science and Technology Facilities Council’s RAL Space to provide a 12-Unit CubeSat platform to support the SPEQTRE mission.