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A small quantum satellite created a secure link in China and South Africa, sharing encrypted data in a 12.900-kilometer record. Similar microsatellites could be part of a quantum Internet for the future.
The disk break feature happened in October 2024 was also noticeable for using a satellite, with a small light load. Jinan-1 Microsatellite miniaturized equipment on the boat weighed only 23 pounds, 10 times less than the load of an experiment.
Quantum quantum silly satellites like Jinan-1 “Many satellites kicks the space-launcher”, similar to what SpaceX does with Starlink “, says Parny’s Lawrence Thales Alenia in space, a technology-based technology company based in France.
In this experiment, researchers used quantum photons to produce data encryption and decrypt data. Keys were used to encode images. Photos from the Chinese wall wall and South Africa Stellenbosch University and then Jinan-1 satellite and several ground stations were transmitted using lasers and telescopes. Research team, aimed at Jianwei Pan From the University of China Science and Technology, he made 20 times of the key distribution process, including a 12,900-mile record.
This showcase for quantum technologies has its limitations. Jinan-1 satellites “is optimized for key quantum distributions and will not be more general tasks in quantum communication as a distribution of teleportation or to engage,” says Alexander Ling At the National University of Singapore. However, he praises the demonstration, saying, it can be part of real communication networks in the next decade.
Kuchium key distribution “can be seen as a practical quantum quantum communication” and “the first step in quantum information networks,” says of Parlish. “Chinese activities will certainly help develop the second generation of small satellites on the Internet,” he noted.
Jinan-1 was originally launched in 2022, and the pan said that China intends to send two more or three quantum satellites in 2025. Other countries anticipate their own quantum satellite made in 2026. Thales Alenia Space is one like that projectFunded European Space Agency; Boeing is working on aerospace company as.
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