China launches world's first quantum satellite

China has successfully launched the world's first quantum satellite using a Long March-2D (Chang Zheng-2D) launch vehicle from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gobi Desert at 1:40 a.m. on Tuesday. 

Named the Quantum Experiments at Space Scale (QUESS), the satellite is designed to establish ultra-secure quantum communications by transmitting quantum keys from space to Earth. 

It can also conduct experiments on phenomena’s found in quantum theories, such as entanglement. 

The 600-plus-kilogram QUESS is nicknamed "Micius," after a fifth century B.C. Chinese philosopher and scientist who has been credited as the first person in history to conduct optical experiment

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, northwest China - Aug 16, 2016

1. Staff members counting "10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, firing"

2. Various of satellite being launched

3. Infrared camera showing quantum satellite

4. Screen showing process

5. Various of technicians

6. SOUNDBITE: (Chinese) Zhang Zhifen, director of Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center:

"I declare that the Quantum Experiments at Space Scale (QUESS) mission was a complete success."

7. Technicians applauding

8. Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center

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