# NV Centers Escape the Lab, Head to Orbit

- slug: nv-centers-escape-the-lab-head-to-orbit
- date: 2026-03-28
- category: Quantum Computing

SBQuantum, a Canadian quantum sensing startup, is scheduled to launch a diamond-based quantum magnetometer into low-Earth orbit on March 30, 2026 — marking one of the first times a nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center magnetometer will operate from space rather than a laboratory bench.

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