The European Space Agency and SES signed the contract for Eagle-1 during the International Astronautical Congress in Paris.
Eagle-1 will operate in a 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit.
EAGLE-1 is due to launch in 2024 and will complete a three-year in-orbit mission supported by the European Commission.
The Eagle-1 project is co-funded by the European Space Agency under its ARTES program with contributions from Germany, Luxembourg, Austria, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium, and the Czech Republic.
Eagle-1 will also support efforts to develop Europe’s proposed sovereign broadband satellite network.
The EAGLE-1 consortium will develop the QKD payload, terrestrial optical station, scalable quantum operational networks, and a key management system to interface with national Quantum Communication Infrastructures (QCIs).
SES plans Eagle-1 as the first sovereign European end-to-end space-based quantum key distribution system.
An SES-led consortium of 20 European companies will design, develop, launch, and operate the EAGLE-1 satellite-based end-to-end system for secure Quantum Key Distribution (QKD).
SES will build a dedicated low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite and a QKD operations centre in Luxembourg as part of the EAGLE-1 program.
During its three-year operational phase, EAGLE-1 will provide EU governments, institutions, and critical business sectors early access to long-distance QKD.
The F-15 Eagle is the second U.S. Air Force fighter platform to receive DIGAR GPS upgrades following the F-16 Fighting Falcon.
Teal's Golden Eagle drone has a gross margin of 42% without Autonodyne software, which can increase to over 60% with its addition.
Teal is continuously improving the Golden Eagle drone with a new version to be announced soon.
Teal Drones, Inc., a subsidiary of Red Cat, will ship the Golden Eagle drone with exclusive autonomous capabilities in late 2022.
Golden Eagle was certified for U.S. Government procurement.
Teal's Golden Eagle drone will combine its technology with Autonodyne technology for multi-vehicle and autonomous drone operation.
Teal’s Golden Eagle drone with Autonodyne software has successfully demonstrated drone 'swarms'.
Kayhan Space developed orbit propagation software called Kayhan Eagle, which propagates orbits for thousands of objects 14 days out within seconds.
The Gray Eagle can transmit mission-critical data over satellite to operators thousands of miles away.
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) manufactures the Gray Eagle.