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September 06, 2016

China's newly-launched quantum communication satellite in good shape
Beijing (XNA) Sep 05, 2016
China's quantum communication satellite, launched in August, is in good shape and scientific experiments can begin this month, according to the chief scientist of the project on Thursday. All equipment carried by the satellite, the optical system and optical mechanical system on the satellite, and all ground equipment are working well, said Pan Jianwei, chief scientist of Quantum Experiments at Space Scale (QUESS) project with the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Satellite-to-earth links h ... read more

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