Space Data Centers Database

The detector board uses LASER COMPONENTS SAP500 silicon single-photon avalanche diodes. Six detector positions were installed; only three channels yielded usable flight measurements.

This records an explicitly identified, implemented role in the flown research payload; it is not evidence of a separately announced paid contract. The direct legal buyer, contract execution/selection date, price and procurement terms are not disclosed. September 21, 2026 is the paper submission date, not the procurement date. The paper disagrees on whether the two additional unusable channels failed before or during launch; no failure date or supplier liability is inferred.

Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed.

Associated organization: University of Vienna.

Evidence checked 27 Sept 2026.

ROQuET’s programmable 28-channel current-source board is identified as Qontrol; it controls the circuit’s 27 thermal phase shifters with 16-bit precision.

This records an explicitly identified, implemented role in the flown research payload; it is not evidence of a separately announced paid contract. The direct legal buyer, contract execution/selection date, price and procurement terms are not disclosed. September 21, 2026 is the paper submission date, not the procurement date.

Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed.

Associated organization: University of Vienna.

Evidence checked 27 Sept 2026.

SpaceX Falcon 9 launched the ION SCV Passionate Paula host and its ROQuET payload on Transporter-14 on June 23, 2025.

This records an explicitly identified, implemented role in the flown research payload; it is not evidence of a separately announced paid contract. The direct legal buyer, contract execution/selection date, price and procurement terms are not disclosed. September 21, 2026 is the paper submission date, not the procurement date.

Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed.

Associated organization: University of Vienna.

Evidence checked 27 Sept 2026.

The flown payload is controlled by a Xiphos Q7S single-board computer using a Xilinx Zynq-7000 SoC with ARM Cortex-A9 and FPGA logic, running a custom Linux/Yocto and Python environment.

This records an explicitly identified, implemented role in the flown research payload; it is not evidence of a separately announced paid contract. The direct legal buyer, contract execution/selection date, price and procurement terms are not disclosed. September 21, 2026 is the paper submission date, not the procurement date.

Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed.

Associated organization: University of Vienna.

Evidence checked 27 Sept 2026.

ROQuET’s photon-pair source uses a commercial 405 nm fibre-coupled continuous-wave pump-laser module explicitly identified as Integrated Optics hardware.

This records an explicitly identified, implemented role in the flown research payload; it is not evidence of a separately announced paid contract. The direct legal buyer, contract execution/selection date, price and procurement terms are not disclosed. September 21, 2026 is the paper submission date, not the procurement date. Additional evidence for this same role: https://integratedoptics.com/blog/news/io-laser-enters-the-era-of-quantum-space-research. The July 14, 2025 supplier release describes the same University of Vienna 405 nm MATCHBOX laser launched June 23, 2025. The research paper explicitly names Integrated Optics and the Matchbox module. July 14 is the earliest retained supplier disclosure, not a procurement date.

Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed.

Associated organization: University of Vienna.

Evidence checked 27 Oct 2026.

D-Orbit hosted ROQuET on ION SCV Passionate Paula for Skytrail, providing payload power, command execution, timing and data/file exchange through the host flight payload computer.

This records an explicitly identified, implemented role in the flown research payload; it is not evidence of a separately announced paid contract. The direct legal buyer, contract execution/selection date, price and procurement terms are not disclosed. September 21, 2026 is the paper submission date, not the procurement date. Additional evidence for this same role: https://cdn.sanity.io/files/r5mwia0y/production/c1f3581bb047d1b7e876b0f6bf29889fc747dc29.pdf. The June 24, 2025 carrier release and September 21, 2026 research paper describe the same ROQuET payload on Skytrail. June 24 is the earliest retained hosting disclosure, not a contract date.

Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed.

Associated organization: University of Vienna.

Evidence checked 27 Oct 2026.

CNR Milano / CNR-IFN developed the programmable photonic chip for the ROQuET quantum-computing experiment in collaboration with the University of Vienna.

The official D-Orbit mission booklet, printed pages 5–6, explicitly describes this joint research role. No paid procurement, legal buyer, agreement signature date or value is disclosed.

Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed.

Associated organization: University of Vienna.

Evidence checked 27 Sept 2026.

DLR supplied the onboard camera and contributed space-mission expertise, vacuum-testing facilities and cleanrooms for ROQuET assembly and qualification.

The official D-Orbit mission booklet, printed pages 5–6, explicitly describes this joint research role. No paid procurement, legal buyer, agreement signature date or value is disclosed.

Disclosed buyer: Not disclosed.

Associated organization: University of Vienna.

Evidence checked 27 Sept 2026.