Demcon will deliver the design of the wave front sensor for the EAGLE-1 optical ground station.
TNO and Airbus Netherlands B.V. joined the SES-led EAGLE-1 consortium to design and build an optical ground station for the mission.
The collaboration to design and build the EAGLE-1 optical ground station is jointly funded by the Netherlands Space Office and NXTGEN HIGHTECH.
EAGLE-1 will provide mission data to support future deployment of a secure quantum communication infrastructure for the EU (EuroQCI).
TNO and Airbus Netherlands B.V. joined the SES-led EAGLE-1 consortium to design and build an optical ground station for the mission.
The EAGLE-1 mission will provide mission data to support future deployment of a secure quantum communication infrastructure for the European Union (EuroQCI).
The partners signed the contract to develop the EAGLE-1 optical ground station at the Space Tech Expo in Bremen.
EAGLE-1 is developed by a consortium of 20 European organizations led by SES and funded in part by the European Space Agency and the European Commission.
ID Quantique will provide QRNG chipsets and space-qualified electronics for the EAGLE-1 QKD satellite to enable security and support EU Member States in developing secure and sovereign networks.
The technology integrated into the EAGLE-1 system will include built-in redundancy and is specifically designed for satellite communications and data transmission for government, telco operators, cloud providers, and banking to add guaranteed security to cryptographic applications.
TESAT is a consortium member of EAGLE-1 and is Europe’s leading laser communication technology company.
EAGLE-1 is a Quantum Key Distribution system that integrates space and ground segments to deliver secure transmission of encryption keys across geographically dispersed areas and demonstrate connection from space of EU national quantum communications infrastructures for sovereign networks.
The next-generation synthetic aperture radar used in the demonstration is the Eagle-Eye Multi-Mode Radar supplied by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
The Gray Eagle 25M’s Open Architecture provides the ability to integrate a customizable suite of multi-INT sensors to deliver Stand-Off Survivability with Stand-In Capability for Multi-Domain Operations.
The Eagle-Eye Multi-Mode Radar is a multi-mode radar that provides increased performance and couples well with other payloads.
Northrop Grumman is supplying its Eagle-3 spacecraft bus and communications payloads for the Next-Gen OPIR polar satellites.
The Gray Eagle 25M is designed to meet the range and accuracy required to Detect, Identify, Locate & Report (DILR) stationary and moving targets.
Germany’s Tesat‑Spacecom will develop the QKD payload for the Eagle-1 satellite operated by the SES-led group.
EAGLE-1 is a quantum key system that integrates space and ground segments to deliver secure transmission of encryption keys across geographically dispersed areas.
SES selected TESAT as a key partner responsible for developing and integrating the Quantum Key Distribution payload for the EAGLE-1 satellite.