SES and Airbus Secure Site for Europe's Flagship EAGLE-1 Quantum Optical Ground Station - Quantum Computing Report

Satellite operator SES and Airbus Netherlands B.V. have signed an official ground lease agreement with the Dutch municipality of Noordwijk to begin constructing a dedicated optical ground station (GS). Located at the NL Space Campus—directly adjacent to the European Space Agency’s (ESA) technical hub, ESTEC—the facility will serve as the primary terrestrial link for the upcoming EAGLE-1 satellite, Europe’s premier end-to-end demonstration platform for space-based Quantum Key Distribution (QKD). Unlike traditional satellite infrastructure that relies on radio frequencies, the EAGLE-1 architecture transmits highly secure cryptographic keys via focused laser beams to safeguard against future quantum decryption threats. However, optical links through [...]

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