Company · Glasgow
Satellite quantum key distribution is a core product line at this Glasgow space engineering firm, which sells a BB84 QKD payload sized for a 6U CubeSat and a matching single photon source. Craft Prospect leads OPS-SAT VOLT, a joint ESA ScyLight mission of about €12 million announced in May 2023, which will fly its QKD hardware alongside optical communications and hyperspectral imaging on a 16U satellite. In September 2026 its team passed the first operations qualification test for the mission control centre, running part of a QKD demonstration on a ground emulator. It is a project partner in the Integrated Quantum Networks hub.
Craft Prospect, based in Glasgow, is a company whose work covers quantum communications, qkd and aerospace; it was founded in 2017. It appears as a partner in IQN. Profiled here: Steve Greenland (Managing Director).
Sources: Craft Prospect · Satellite Applications Catapult: Craft Prospect to lead the OPS-SAT Versatile Optical Laboratory (May 2023) · AAC Clyde Space wins SEK 27.0 M order for 16U satellite · Craft Prospect: Preparing for OPS-SAT VOLT operations, first MOC qualification test · Gateway to Research: Integrated Quantum Networks hub (EP/Z533208/1)
IQN
A national research hub building quantum networks, from local links to satellite connections. Heriot-Watt University leads it.
Role: Partner
Funding: £21.9m
Themes: Networks, Communications
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