Long March 2D launches world’s first quantum communications

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>The Chinese have launched the first satellite that can achieve quantum communications between space and Earth. The launch of the Quantum Science Satellite – called Micius – took place at 17:40 UTC on Monday using a Long March-2D (Chang Zheng-2D) launch vehicle from the 603 Launch Pad of the LC43 complex at the Jiuquan space center.

>The new satellite is dedicated to quantum science experiments. The Quantum Space Satellite, (or Quantum Experiments at Space Scale) will test the phenomena of quantum entanglement.

>Operated by the China Academy of Sciences, this 500 kg satellite – announced as the name “Micius” in honor of a fifth century Chinese scientist – contains a quantum key communicator, quantum entanglement emitter, entanglement source, processing unit, and a laser communicator.

>QUESS will relay transmissions between two ground stations (one in China, and the other in Europe) transmitting quantum keys.

>During the mission, Chinese scientists will implement a series of science missions between the satellite and quantum communication ground stations.

>QSS will operate on a Sun-synchronous circular orbit with an altitude of 600 km.

>One of the major objectives of the mission is to set a Quantum Key Distribution from satellite to ground, setting an ultra-long-range quantum channel between ground and satellite with the assistance of high-precision acquisition, tracking and pointing system, implement a quantum key distribution between the satellite and the ground stations, and carry out unconditional secure quantum communication experiments.

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