Azora raises $7.67 million for modular optical ground stations
The SEC filing names 18 investors but leaves the lead, valuation and customers behind Azora's laser downlink network undisclosed.
By Ryan Merket · Published
Primary source: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Why it matters
Satellite sensors are producing more data than radio downlinks can efficiently return. Azora is betting that smaller, repeatable laser stations can turn ground capacity into a distributed network.
Azora, co-founded by photonics professor Martin Lavery and led by Project Starshot veteran James Schalkwyk, raised $7.67 million to build optical ground stations that receive data beamed from spacecraft by laser, according to a Form D filed July 24th.…
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