{"id":29138,"date":"2016-08-19T19:47:48","date_gmt":"2016-08-20T02:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/long-march-2d-launches-worlds-first-quantum-communications-satellite"},"modified":"2017-06-04T09:55:40","modified_gmt":"2017-06-04T16:55:40","slug":"long-march-2d-launches-worlds-first-quantum-communications-satellite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/long-march-2d-launches-worlds-first-quantum-communications-satellite","title":{"rendered":"Long March 2D launches world\u2019s first quantum communications satellite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding-right: 20px\"><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/long-march-2d-launches-worlds-first-quantum-communications-satellite.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With this week\u2019s overload of news flashes about the Quantum Satellite launch, I restrained from publishing too much repeat news on the launch. However, I came across an excellent article from <a href=\"http:\/\/NASAspaceflight.com\">NASAspaceflight.com<\/a> that provides additional and good details about some of the initial \u201cpublically known\u201d experiments that are to be conducted by the Chinese.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, as with any government agency, not all information is shared.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/2016\/08\/long-march-2d-quantum-communications-satellite\/\">https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/2016\/08\/long-march-2d-quantu\u2026satellite\/<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>The Chinese have launched the first satellite that can achieve quantum communications between space and Earth. The launch of the Quantum Science Satellite \u2013 called Mozi \u2013 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. <strong> Chinese Launch: <\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n<p>Operated by the China Academy of Sciences, this 500 kg satellite \u2013 announced as the name \u201cMozi\u201d in honor of a fifth century BC Chinese scientist \u2013 contains a quantum key communicator, quantum entanglement emitter, entanglement source, processing unit, and a laser communicator.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-right: 20px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/long-march-2d-launches-worlds-first-quantum-communications-satellite2.jpg\" alt=\"2016-08-14-225132\" width=\"350\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/long-march-2d-launches-worlds-first-quantum-communications-satellite2.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016-08-14-225132-456x350.jpg 456w, https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016-08-14-225132.jpg 508w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px)  100vw, 350px\" \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>QUESS will relay transmissions between two ground stations (one in China, and the other in Europe) transmitting quantum keys.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/long-march-2d-launches-worlds-first-quantum-communications-satellite\">Continue reading \u201cLong March 2D launches world\u2019s first quantum communications satellite\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With this week\u2019s overload of news flashes about the Quantum Satellite launch, I restrained from publishing too much repeat news on the launch. However, I came across an excellent article from NASAspaceflight.com that provides additional and good details about some of the initial \u201cpublically known\u201d experiments that are to be conducted by the Chinese. 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