Quantum Technology and the Global Space Ecosystem
Although quantum technologies are still in the early stages, exciting work is happening in Europe, where quantum tech provides secure communications on the ground. Groups led by the European Commission will extend them into space to develop complementary networks of distant nodes.
Orbiting Now! Quantum Communications Experiment, CAPSat, to Test Quantum Communications
A quantum communications experiment was launched into low orbit around Earth from the International Space Station (ISS). A collaborative experiment of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the University of Waterloo, CAPSat (Cool Annealing Payload Satellite) contains single-photon detectors, which can be used as receivers for unhackable quantum communications.
NASA and U.S. National Science Foundation Agree to Collaborate on Quantum Computing Technology, Communications
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION AND THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION REGARDING ACHIEVEMENT OF MUTUAL RESEARCH ACTIVITIES ADVANCING SPACE, EARTH, AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES Key points… + Discuss funding research with support, among others, of the National Space Quantum Laboratory program which plans to use a laser system on the ISS to […]
ColdQuanta Receives $1M from NASA to Advance Commercializing Quantum Systems
ColdQuanta Receives $1M from NASA to Advance Commercializing Quantum Systems ColdQuanta to Accelerate Commercial Deployment of Quantum Atomic Systems Points to note… + ColdQuanta announced it has been awarded $1M from NASA’s Civilian Commercialization Readiness Pilot Program (CCRPP). The program will enable ColdQuanta to develop significantly smaller cold atom systems with a high level of […]
Space, the Final Frontier? Or Quantum Physics, Science, Computing…
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) successfully launched Cygnus, last week. Cygnus is a payload with many scientific experiments aboard. The International Space Station captured the shuttle. Included in the payload were multiple experiments involving quantum science. Most interesting is that quantum experiments will be conducted during crew rest periods to reduce effects of decoherence.