An international research team led by Chinese scientists has broken a record in this field by conducting quantum communication at 12 thousand 900 meters from China and South Africa through satellite.
According to the Xinhua agency, researchers from the Chinese University of Technology and Science, the results published in Nature magazine, the Jinan-1 technology test satellite using the ground station in South Africa to the ground station in South Africa managed to make real-time quantum key distribution (QKD).
Researchers transferred encrypted signals 12 thousand 900 kilometers away, the world’s longest distance safe quantum communication.
The experiment is seen as a groundbreaking in terms of showing the potential of secure quantum communication on a global scale.
Researchers from the Chinese University of Technology and Science had broken a record in this field by performing quantum key distribution on a 833 -kilometer fiber optic cable in 2022.
