2. Satellites.
China launches the world's first quantum satellite on top of a Long March-2D rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, northwest China's Gansu Province, Aug 16, 2016. The world's first quantum communication satellite has been given the moniker "Micius," after a fifth century BC Chinese scientist, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) said. [Photo/Xinhua] |
China has recently made strides with the launch of the world's first quantum satellite "Micius," part of China's Quantum Experiments at the Space Scale (QUESS) program which includes 20 such satellites.