ESA’s contract for the EAGLE-1 system, including the satellite and ground systems, was valued at approximately €130 million.
SES selected Arianespace in November 2022 to launch Eagle-1 aboard a Vega C rocket.
The EAGLE-1 satellite was originally expected to launch in 2024.
SES and Airbus have secured a site at the NL Space Campus in Noordwijk for the Eagle-1 optical ground station.
The Eagle-1 launch was originally expected as early as the fourth quarter of 2024.
The Eagle-1 launch was originally expected as early as Q4 2024.
SES selected Arianespace to launch Eagle-1 aboard a Vega C rocket in November 2022.
The EAGLE-1 programme, including the satellite and ground systems, was estimated to cost approximately €130 million when ESA first awarded SES the development contract.
SES now expects the Eagle-1 launch at the end of 2027 or early 2028.
The EAGLE-1 system is being built to demonstrate quantum key distribution between optical ground stations over distances that are impractical to achieve via fibre.
The EAGLE-1 system will act as a precursor to the European Quantum Communication Infrastructure.
An SES-led consortium was awarded the contract to build the EAGLE-1 demonstration system in September 2022.
The Eagle-1 ground station will include a control room and a dome housing an optical telescope.
TESAT Spacecom is providing the EAGLE-1 quantum key distribution payload.
The Eagle-1 ground station will include a control room and a dome housing an optical telescope that will track the Eagle-1 satellite.
Lunar Outpost’s Pegasus rover is a lighter evolution of its Eagle platform built to meet NASA’s updated requirements.
Europe’s Eagle-1 is a quantum key distribution satellite.
Lunar Outpost’s Pegasus rover is a lighter, mission-ready evolution of its Eagle rover built to meet NASA’s updated Lunar Terrain Vehicle requirements.
Eagle-1’s backers defend its value versus post-quantum cryptography.
Lunar Outpost's rover for NASA is Pegasus, which uses much of the design of its larger Eagle rover originally proposed for the Lunar Terrain Vehicle Services program.