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China launches first-ever quantum communication satellite

Source: Xinhua   2016-08-16 02:14:35

JIUQUAN, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) - China successfully launched the world's first quantum satellite on top of a Long March-2D rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gobi Desert at 1:40 a.m. on Tuesday.

Called Quantum Experiments at Space Scale (QUESS), the satellite is designed to establish ultra-secure quantum communications by transmitting uncrackable keys from space to the ground.

It could also conduct experiments on the bizarre features of quantum theories, such as entanglement.

The 600-plus-kilogram QUESS is nicknamed "Micius," after a fifth century B.C. Chinese philosopher and scientist who has been credited as the first one in human history conducting optical experiments.

Editor: yan
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China launches first-ever quantum communication satellite

Source: Xinhua 2016-08-16 02:14:35
[Editor: huaxia]

JIUQUAN, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) - China successfully launched the world's first quantum satellite on top of a Long March-2D rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gobi Desert at 1:40 a.m. on Tuesday.

Called Quantum Experiments at Space Scale (QUESS), the satellite is designed to establish ultra-secure quantum communications by transmitting uncrackable keys from space to the ground.

It could also conduct experiments on the bizarre features of quantum theories, such as entanglement.

The 600-plus-kilogram QUESS is nicknamed "Micius," after a fifth century B.C. Chinese philosopher and scientist who has been credited as the first one in human history conducting optical experiments.

[Editor: huaxia]
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