Heriot-Watt University Opens £2.5M ($3.3M USD) Quantum Optical Ground Station to Advance Secure Satellite Communications

Heriot-Watt University has officially opened a £2.5 million ($3.3 million USD) Optical Ground Station (HOGS) at its Research Park in Edinburgh to advance satellite-based quantum-secure communication. Developed under the UK Quantum Communications Hub and featuring a 70-cm precision telescope with adaptive optics and quantum detectors, the facility will enable quantum key distribution (QKD) experiments with […]

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