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IonQ Announces Plans for First Space-Based Quantum Key Distribution Network
COLLEGE PARK, Md., May 07, 2025--IonQ (NYSE: IONQ), a leading commercial quantum computing and networking company, today announced plans to launch a global space-to-space and space-to-ground satellite quantum key distribution (QKD) network, highlighting its ambitions to be the first company to have both a quantum network and quantum computer in space. To facilitate development of this network, IonQ has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Capella Space Corporation, a signals platform leader
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