KuSpace Tech

KuSpace Technologies (also spelled CuSpace or QSpace Technologies) is a Russian startup founded in 2018, partnering with MISIS University and Russian Quantum Center (RQC) on satellite quantum key distribution experiments providing ground station equipment for quantum satellite links. Scientists from MISIS, RQC, and KuSpace conducted joint experiment on quantum cryptography transmission between Russia and China beginning work with China's Mo-tzu (Mozi) quantum satellite in 2019. The ground station in Zvenigorod created by KuSpace enabled exchange of encoded images with Chinese ground station in Nanshan demonstrating quantum-encrypted communication over 3,800 km between station near Moscow and Urumqi via Mozi satellite. In summer 2023, prototype quantum satellite Impulse-1 developed by NUST MISIS and KuSpace Technologies launched from Vostochny cosmodrome with equipment for testing laser communication channels. KuSpace provides quantum satellite communication technologies and ground station infrastructure supporting Russia's quantum communication network development and international quantum cryptography collaborations.