About
Hispasat is Redeia's satellite services operator, founded in 1989 and headquartered in Madrid, Spain. It operates satellites providing telecommunications services across Europe, the Americas, and North Africa. In January 2025, Hispasat partnered with Thales Alenia Space to begin the development, manufacturing, verification, and validation phase of the QKD-GEO prototype, Spain's quantum key distribution system from geostationary orbit. The QKD-GEO mission has a budget of 103.5 million euros and a 24-month timeline to develop components for quantum key distribution from geostationary orbit, including a quantum payload for a geostationary satellite and the associated ground segment. Hispasat is responsible for designing the geostationary mission and defining the business plan, with support from Banco de Santander, BBVA, Telefonica, and Cellnex analyzing real use cases with the banking sector and terrestrial operators. A field test campaign is planned between the Spanish islands of La Palma and Tenerife, covering a 140-km atmospheric link. Hispasat serves telecommunications operators, government agencies, financial institutions, and critical infrastructure that need quantum-secure satellite communications.
Quantum Specifications
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