Quantum Cryptography Satellite Gets 2024 Launch Date . LUXEMBOURG, Sept. 26, 2022 — A consortium of 20 European companies led by Luxembourg-based satellite telecommunications network provider SES SA, with support from the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Commission, will design, develop, launch, and operate a satellite system that will enable secure quantum key distribution (QKD) based on free space optical communication technologies. The EAGLE-1 sate...