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>it's about taking back all Quantum comms/sats

https://eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/pag-filter/-/asset_publisher/8jbNpfmcMhvK/content/que-1

QUESS (Quantum Experiments at Space Scale) / Micius

The scientific objectives of the QUESS mission are:

• Implementation of long-distance quantum communication network based on high-speed QKD (Quantum Key Distribution) between the satellite and the ground station, to achieve major breakthroughs in the realization of spaceborne practical quantum communication.

• Quantum entanglement distribution and quantumteleportation on a space scale, fundamental tests of the laws of quantum mechanics on a global scale.

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Figure 2: Photo of the QUESS satellite (image credit: Cai Yang/Xinhua, Nature) 4)

Launch: The QUESS spacecraft was launched on August 15, 2016 (17:40:04 UTC)on a Long March 2D (CZ-2D) vehicle from JSLC (Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center) in the Gobi Desert of China. 5) 6) 7)

Orbit: Sun-synchronous orbit, altitude of about 500 km, inclination = 97.37°.

Mission status

• January 6, 2021: Chinese scientists have established the world's first integrated quantum communication network, combining over 700 optical fibers on the ground with two ground-to-satellite links to achieve quantum key distribution over a total distance of 4,600 kilometers for users across the country. The team, led by Jianwei Pan, Yuao Chen, Chengzhi Peng from the University of Science and Technology of China in Hefei, reported in Nature their latest advances towards the global, practical application of such a network for future communications. 8) 9)

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/6227

Public Law No: 115-368 (12/21/2018)

National Quantum Initiative Act

TITLE I–NATIONAL QUANTUM INITIATIVE ACT

(Sec. 101) This bill directs the President to implement a National Quantum Initiative Program to, among other things, establish the goals and priorities for a 10-year plan to accelerate the development of quantum information science and technology applications.

Quantum information science is the use of the laws of quantum physics for the storage, transmission, manipulation, or measurement of information.

(Sec. 103) The National Science and Technology Council shall establish a Subcommittee on Quantum Information Science, including membership from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), to guide program activities.

(Sec. 104) The President must establish a National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee to advise the President and subcommittee on the program and trends and developments in quantum information science and technology.

ALICE

https://eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/a/alice

Launch: ALICE was launched as a secondary payload on December 6, 2013 (07:14:30 UTC) on an Atlas-5-501 vehicle from VAFB, CA. The primary payload on this flight was the classified NROL-39 reconnaissance mission of NRO (National Reconnaissance Office). The launch provider was ULA (United Launch Alliance). 4) 5) 6) 7)

Note: The NROL-39 is reported to be a Topaz radar-imaging reconnaissance satellite with the FIA Radar-3 payload of the cancelled FIA (Future Imaging Architecture) program. FIA was a program to design a new generation of optical and radar imaging US reconnaissance satellites for NRO. Despite the optical component's cancellation in 2005, the radar component, with a code name of Topaz,has continued, with two satellites in orbit as of November 2013; these are: NROL-41, launched on Sept. 21, 2010, and NROL-25, with a launch on April 03, 2012. A total of 5 radar satellites are in the Topaz program. 8) 9)