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The Quantum EncrYption and Science Satellite (QEYSSat) mission plans to study quantum links and perform quantum key distribution (QKD) for ground-to-space communication with quantum ground stations across Canada and internationally. Leading the core QEYSSat Science Team is principal investigator Thomas Jennewein, faculty member at the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) and in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Waterloo.
QEYSSat science activities are proposed and executed by Canadian and International Science Teams with close collaboration and approval by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). The science activities consist of experiments and studies to maximize the scientific results of the QEYSSat mission and to advance scientific knowledge. The Science Teams are composed of researchers across Canada and international collaborators, and will help demonstrate quantum links from multiple geographically-dispersed locations. The activities of the Canadian Science Team will be funded under a new NSERC Alliance Quantum Consortium grant called QUINT (QEYSSat User Investigation Team).
The Quantum EncrYption and Science Satellite (QEYSSat) mission is made possible through the collaboration of the following members:
EXECUTIVE QEYSSAT SCIENCE TEAM
A map of collaborators on the Executive QEYSSat Science Team across Canada from the CSA, NRC-Ottawa, NRC-HAA, and the core Science Team led by principal investigator Thomas Jennewein at IQC, Waterloo. The primary quantum ground station (QGS) will be located at Canadian Space Agency (CSA), and the secondary QGS is planned for the Research Advancement Centre 1 (RAC1) building at IQC, University of Waterloo.
Canadian Space Agency
Stéphane Routhier
QEYSSat Program Manager
Éric Gloutnay
QEYSSat Systems Engineer
Oleg Djazovski
Senior Electro-Optical Engineer
Lydia Philpott
QEYSSat Mission Manager
Alexander Koujelev
QEYSSat Technical Specialist
Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo
Thomas Jennewein
QEYSSat Science Team Principal Investigator
Brendon L. Higgins
QEYSSat Science Team Technical Lead
Paul J. Godin
QEYSSat Science Team Technical Specialist
Brian Moffat
QEYSSat Science Team Program Director
Katanya B. Kuntz
QEYSSat Science Team Coordinator
National Research Council Canada (NRC-Ottawa)
Frédéric Bouchard
Khabat Heshami
Robin Williams
Benjamin Sussman
Philip Bustard
Lynne Genik
Duncan England
Dan Dalacu
Aimee Gunther
Sylvain Raymond
National Research Council Canada Herzberg Astronomy & Astrophysics (NRC-HAA)
Jean-Pierre Véran
Scott Roberts
CANADIAN QEYSSAT SCIENCE TEAM COLLABORATORS
A map of Canadian QEYSSat Science Team member organizations across Canada. A tertiary QGS is planned as part of the Reference Frame Independent Quantum Key Distribution project (ReFQ) at the University of Calgary.
We are continuing to expand the Canadian QEYSSat Science Team collaborators, which currently include:
Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo, Ontario
Norbert Lütkenhaus
Michele Mosca
McGill University, Québec
Claude Crépeau
McMaster University, Ontario
Chang-qing Xu
Steve Hranilovic
Simon Fraser University, British Columbia
Stephanie Simmons
Université de Montréal, Québec
Louis Salvail
Université de Sherbrooke, Québec
Jean-François Pratte
Serge Charlebois
University of Alberta, Alberta
John Davis
Lindsay LeBlanc
University of Calgary, Alberta
Christoph Simon
Daniel Oblak (ReFQ)
University of Ottawa, Ontario
Ebrahim Karimi
University of Toronto, Ontario
Amr Helmy
Li Qian
INTERNATIONAL QEYSSAT SCIENCE TEAM COLLABORATORS
A map of International QEYSSat Science Team member organizations. The primary quantum ground station (QGS) will be located at Canadian Space Agency (CSA) in St-Hubert, Canada.
We are continuing to expand the International QEYSSat Science Team collaborators, which currently include:
Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Starfire Optical Range (SOR), USA
- Charlie Bellows
- R. Nicholas Lanning
Defence Science and Technology Group (DSTG), Australia
- Ben Sparkes
- Oliver Thearle
- Andrew May
German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany
- Christian Fuchs
- Florian Moll
Heriot-Watt University, UK
- Alessandro Fedrizzi
- Ross Donaldson
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology (CalTech), USA
- Makan Mohageg
- Matthew Shaw
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Japan
- Hiroyuki Tsuji
- Morio Toyoshima
Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland
- Piotr Kolenderski
University of Strathclyde, UK
- Daniel Oi (ReFQ)
University of Bristol, UK
- John Rarity (ReFQ)