QKD on Cubesats Space Nanosatellites

Content level: 200 -- Event is for the "Quantum Climber"

Speaker: Dr Sonali Mohapatra, Space Quantum Applications Developer | Craft Prospect Ltd

Nanosatellites are cube-shaped space satellites approximately four inches long and have a volume of about one quart and weigh about 3 pounds.

SEE: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cubesats/overview

BIO:
“Sonali works jointly with University of Strathclyde and the space company Craft Prospect Ltd as a Space Quantum Technologies Developer and Researcher to develop and onboard early stage quantum technologies onto satellites. Currently she is part of the technical team in charge of the Quantum Key Distribution payload for the ROKS mission. Her current research spans the fundamentals of quantum theory, quantum information and quantum cryptography applicable to the space domain.

Sonali did her PhD from the University of Sussex in Quantum Gravity. She has a double masters in theoretical physics from Perimeter Institute in Quantum Gravity and IISER-Kolkata, India. She has interdisciplinary experience working on optics, AI and neural networks. Apart from that she is a polymath - a science writer, a public speaker who delivers talks on various international platforms, an equality and diversity strategist and the founder the queer/feminist magazine, Carved Voices. Her first poetry collection Leaking Ink was published in 2016 and she is currently writing two more books.”
SEE: SEE: http://quantumhermit.com/cubesats-for-quantum-key-distribution/

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Event artifacts, e.g. slides & recording (when available):
http://quantum.harrisburg.tech/meetups/20200723/

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Sponsor: Harrisburg University of Science and Technology
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