South Africa and China establish record-breaking 12,900 km ultra-secure quantum satellite link
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Scientists from South Africa and China have successfully established the world’s longest intercontinental ultra-secure quantum satellite link, spanning 12,900 km. Using the Chinese quantum microsatellite Jinan-1, launched into low Earth orbit, this milestone marks the first-ever quantum satellite communication link established in the Southern Hemisphere.

This milestone marks the first-ever quantum satellite communication link established in the Southern Hemisphere.

    • doodledup@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      21 hours ago

      I haven’t read the paper, but how does China being involved in it has any affect on the security? Security is intrinsically independant of the developer or operator. It’s a mathematical or physical property. And mathematics and physics is everywhere the same.