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Table 3 Maximum key consumption rate maintainable weekly at 99% Service Level by a given ground station. The key consumption at other levels for the London ground station can be inferred from Figure 4. The graphs for the remaining ground stations follow a comparable trend

From: Scheduling of space to ground quantum key distribution

City

99% SL

Thurso

211

Glasgow

2224

Belfast

1695

York

423

Manchester

2076

Birmingham

3517

Cambridge

635

Ipswich

339

London

8327

Bristol

1737