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SpeQtral has launched two satellite QKD demonstrators, and the second demonstrator launched in November 2025 with a mission to demonstrate space-to-ground quantum communications.
SpeQtral plans to launch the commercial satellite SpeQtral-1 in fiscal year 2027.
SpeQtral is a Singapore company that develops satellite quantum key distribution (QKD) and is led by CEO Chune Yang Lum.
On January 28, 2026, SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation invested in Singapore satellite QKD company SpeQtral and signed a strategic alliance with SpeQtral.
SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation and SpeQtral aim to achieve early commercialization in the 2030s of highly confidential satellite communications that use quantum cryptography.
SpeQtral is a participating company at Space Summit 2026.
Lum Chune Yang is CEO and Founder of SpeQtral.
SpeQtral develops space-based Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) technology for establishing and distributing symmetric encryption keys based on the fundamental properties of quantum mechanics.
Antaris is partnering with SpeQtral to create, deliver, and deploy quantum-safe key distribution satellites for government and commercial operators.
SpeQtral-1 is designed to provide quantum keys to any location on Earth from its 500 km sun-synchronous orbit.
SpeQtral-1 is planned to operate at an altitude of 500 km in a sun-synchronous orbit.
SpeQtral-1 follows the SpeQtre technology demonstrator mission, which was built on technologies demonstrated on the 2019 SpooQy-1 CubeSat.
SpeQtral-1 builds on technologies and work from the SpeQtre mission and the 2019 SpooQy-1 CubeSat.
Lum Chune Yang, Co-Founder and CEO of SpeQtral, expects the SpeQtral-1 mission to enable SpeQtral-delivered QKD services and serve as a reference for future QKD satellite products.
Rob Beddington, CTO of SpeQtral, supports the partnerships with NanoAvionics and Mbryonics for the SpeQtral-1 mission.
SpeQtral has selected Kongsberg NanoAvionics as the satellite platform provider for the SpeQtral-1 mission.
SpeQtre is expected to launch 2023 and will serve as a technology demonstrator for SpeQtral.
SpeQtral-1 follows the SpeQtre technology demonstrator mission, which was built on technologies demonstrated on the 2019 SpooQy-1 CubeSat.
Mbryonics will develop the optical terminal that transmits QKD photons from SpeQtral quantum hardware to optical ground stations.
SpeQtral has selected Mbryonics as the satellite optical terminal provider for the SpeQtral-1 mission.