{"id":2475,"date":"2025-11-14T13:29:52","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T13:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/esa-and-raymetrics-appoint-xairos-as-project-subcontractor-for-esa-project\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T13:29:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T13:29:52","slug":"esa-and-raymetrics-appoint-xairos-as-project-subcontractor-for-esa-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/esa-and-raymetrics-appoint-xairos-as-project-subcontractor-for-esa-project\/","title":{"rendered":"ESA and Raymetrics Appoint Xairos as Project Subcontractor for ESA Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/1763098376487_638986951790958180.png\" class=\"imageload removeImageattr fr-dib\" width=\"711\" height=\"385\" alt=\"ESA and Raymetrics Appoint Xairos as Project Subcontractor for ESA Project\" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/1763098376487_638986951790958180.png\" style=\"opacity: 0;\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/1763098376487_638986951790958180.png\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"711\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"385\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Xairos<\/strong>, a UK-based quantum technology company, announces its selection by <strong>Raymetrics<\/strong> and the <strong>European Space Agency (ESA)<\/strong> for the delivery of a Quantum Receiver for the Observatories to Optical Ground Stations (Obs2OGS) project.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The activity, led by Raymetrics, aims at upgrading three Greek astronomical observatories to operate as optical ground stations (OGS) within the Hellenic quantum communication initiative: National Observatory of Athens \u2013 NOA (Helmos Observatory on the Northern Peloponnese); Aristotle University of Thessaloniki \u2013 AUTH (Holomontas Observatory near Thessaloniki); and the Institute of Astrophysics of the Foundation of Research and Technology-Hellas \u2013 FORTH (Skinakas Observatory near Heraklion, Crete).<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget-layout related-content-also-read-box my-3\">\n<h4 class=\"mb-0\">Also Read: What are Navigational Satellite Constellations and Their Importance in GPS, GNSS and Satellite Navigation?<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Xairos will support the team led by Raymetrics to provide quantum receiver capabilities at one of the sites, allowing the delivery of quantum encryption keys from the EAGLE-1 satellite. This project is being carried out under ESA\u2019s Greek Connectivity Recovery and Resilience programme, within ESA\u2019s Connectivity and Secure Communications directorate. The view expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Space Agency.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Raymetrics is a technology and software company with a global presence. They design and manufacture atmospheric LIDAR solutions. Their proprietary technology, based on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (MLR) algorithms, allows us to address complex environmental challenges. Xairos is developing a global resilient space-based timing architecture using Quantum Time Transfer (QTT), a protocol invented and patented by the Xairos team. Accurate timing synchronization is critical for the world\u2019s transportation, networks, financial transactions, data centers, and power grids. Xairos is commercializing QTT to develop the next generation of Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT), with the accuracy and security needed for future networks and applications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Xairos, a UK-based quantum technology company, announces its selection by Raymetrics and the European Space Agency (ESA) for the delivery of a Quantum Receiver for the Observatories to Optical Ground Stations (Obs2OGS) project. The activity, led by Raymetrics, aims at upgrading three Greek astronomical observatories to operate as optical ground stations (OGS) within the Hellenic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[44,26,20],"class_list":["post-2475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-gnss","tag-ground","tag-satellite"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2475"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2475\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}