Thales Alenia Space in Spain starts the development of the world’s first quantum key distribution system capacity from geostationary orbit

The company leads the development, manufacturing, verification, and validation phase of the QKD-GEO prototype, which encompasses a quantum payload and its associated ground segment. With funding from EU recovery funds through PERTE Aeroespacial, this is the most advanced civil project in the world in this area. It will produce unhackable ground-orbit keys that not even the most advanced quantum computers will be able to break.