Chinese scientists have developed a compact quantum communications satellite system weighing only 60 kilograms and have successfully tested its operation aboard the Tiangong-2 orbital station. This device will accelerate the creation of a ground-space “quantum Internet”, scientists write in an article published in the journal Optica.

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