Bengaluru's Qosmic raises $3.33 million to build laser satellite links
Qosmic, a Bengaluru-based startup, just raised $3.33 million from a group of investors that included Accel and Prosus to build laser-powered technology that helps satellites send huge amounts of data much quicker than before.
Regular radio signals are hitting their limits as satellites collect more information, especially with all the AI-powered systems out there now.
Qosmic completes 10km laser tests
Instead of old-school radio waves, Qosmic uses focused laser beams to move data at high speeds, even nailing tests over 10km on Earth.
CEO Shreyaans Jain points out that, with current technology, up to two-thirds of satellite images get lost before they even reach us.
NASA's TBIRD experiment showed lasers can hit extremely fast rates (200 gigabits per second), leaving traditional methods in the dust.