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China has successfully launched the world's first quantum-enabled satellite, state media said.
It was carried on a rocket which blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in China's north west early on Tuesday.
The satellite is named after the ancient Chinese scientist and philosopher Micius.
The project tests a technology that could one day offer digital communication that is "hack-proof".
But even if it succeeds, it is a long way off that goal, and there is some mind-bending physics to get past first.
full story:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-37091833
It was carried on a rocket which blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in China's north west early on Tuesday.
The satellite is named after the ancient Chinese scientist and philosopher Micius.
The project tests a technology that could one day offer digital communication that is "hack-proof".
But even if it succeeds, it is a long way off that goal, and there is some mind-bending physics to get past first.
full story:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-37091833