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Astrolight Raises €2.8M to Build Optical Space-Earth Data Highway
📅 - Lithuanian space communications startup Astrolight has raised €2.8 million in seed funding to accelerate the development of its laser-based communication systems designed to connect satellites with Earth through an end-to-end optical data highway. The funding round was led by frontier tech investor Balnord and included contributions from EIFO (The Export and Investment Fund of Denmark), Coinvest Capital, and existing investors Rita Sakus and 3NGLS.
Astrolight is developing a dual-purpose optical communication architecture to enable both space-to-ground and inter-satellite links. Using its proprietary ATLAS-1 modular optical terminals and dedicated ground infrastructure, the company aims [...][... Check source for end of article ...]
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