China Launches Satellite it Hopes Is Hack-proof

China has launched the world's first satellite into orbit using a technology to send communications back to Earth that it hopes will be secure from hackers. The satellite was launched into space Tuesday from a military base in Gansu province in the northwest Gobi Desert. The 600-plus-kilogram satellite, dubbed Micius after a 5th century B.C. Chinese philosopher and scientist, will circle the Earth every 90 minutes. Light particles will be fired at Micius to determine if quantum...

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