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Lithuanian SpaceTech startup Astrolight raises €2.8 million for laser communications platform
- Vilnius-based Astrolight raised €2.8 million in a Seed round for its laser-based communication platform connecting satellites to Earth.
- The funding was led by Balnord with participation from EIFO, Coinvest Capital, and existing investors 3NGLS and Rita Sakus.
- Astrolight aims to build an optical backbone network for space to address the increasing number of satellites and data transmission challenges.
- Founded in 2019, Astrolight focuses on optical connectivity solutions for space and defense applications.
- Their technology stack enables advanced optical communication terminals for various links in aerospace and defense.
- Astrolight is developing dual-use communication architecture for space-to-space and space-to-ground optical links.
- The company plans to deploy an operational optical ground station and demonstrate a hybrid space-to-ground and space-to-space optical terminal.
- Astrolight's platform offers high-speed, jam-resistant solutions to address the growing satellite market's data bottleneck.
- Lasercom is positioned as a competitive option with faster data rates compared to radio frequencies for space-to-ground connectivity.
- Astrolight's goal is to become a global leader in laser communication technologies and revolutionize secure data transmission in space.
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