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Unlocking the quantum Internet from space

Singapore in race for secure communication through network of tiny satellites

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SpooQy-1 being ejected from the Japanese Small Satellite Orbital Deployer past the International Space Station's (ISS) solar arrays. This Nasa photograph was taken by an astronaut on the ISS.

SpooQy-1 being ejected from the Japanese Small Satellite Orbital Deployer past the International Space Station's (ISS) solar arrays. This Nasa photograph was taken by an astronaut on the ISS.

PHOTO: NASA

Artur Ekert and Alexander Ling For The Straits Times

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