SpooQy-1 @ Nanosats Database

Name	SpooQy-1
Type	CubeSat
Units or mass	3U
Status	Reentry 2021-10-16. Was operational (Press release about handing operations over to SpeQtral on 2020-03-28)
Launched	2019-04-17
NORAD ID	44332
Deployer	J-SSOD (JEM Small Satellite Orbital Deployer)
Launcher	Antares
Deployment	Deployed from ISS on 2019-06-17
Organisation	National University of Singapore
Institution	University
Entity	Academic / Education
Nation	Singapore
Operator	University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland,SpeQtral
Launch brokerer	JAXA
Oneliner	Demonstrate the generation of polarisation-entangled photon pairs in space.
Description	Demonstrate the generation of polarisation-entangled photon pairs in space. Demonstrate that the technologies used on scientific payload, including the new flexure stages, blade mounting and thermal design, are working as intended. Besides these main objectives, the mission also has the additional goals to investigate aging of the payload and to de-risk future SpooQySat and quantum key distribution (QKD) missions.
Results	The operation of a polarization entangled photon-pair source on board a CubeSat in LEO has been reported. Entangled photon-pair production was observed over a temperature range from 16C to 21.5C.
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Keywords	QKD-Quantum Key Distribution