--- title: Cailabs Tilba-L10: The Best Inventions of 2025 description: Find out why Cailabs Tilba-L10 is on TIME's list of 2025's best inventions. canonical: https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318261/cailabs-tilba-l10/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2025-10-09T11:00:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T11:54:48.288Z article:section: Business og:title: Cailabs Tilba-L10: The Best Inventions of 2025 og:description: Find out why Cailabs Tilba-L10 is on TIME's list of 2025's best inventions. og:url: https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318261/cailabs-tilba-l10/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1552f9d34ca6efda/6998ca3183ec37266dc7af8e/cailabs-tilba-L10-TIME-best-inventions-2025.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Cailabs Tilba-L10: The Best Inventions of 2025 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Cailabs Tilba-L10: The Best Inventions of 2025 twitter:description: Find out why Cailabs Tilba-L10 is on TIME's list of 2025's best inventions. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1552f9d34ca6efda/6998ca3183ec37266dc7af8e/cailabs-tilba-L10-TIME-best-inventions-2025.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Oct 09, 2025 # Cailabs Tilba-L10 Laser communications from space by [Jeffrey Kluger](https://time.com/author/jeffrey-kluger/) ## Jeffrey Kluger Editor at Large  Courtesy Cailabs Modern-day satellites communicate with the ground in a decidedly un-modern way—via radio. France-based Cailabs’ Tilba-L10 laser ground station avoids radio’s downsides. Its optical technology is not disrupted by foul weather, is harder for hostile actors to detect and jam, and has a massive carrying capacity. At the most commonly used frequency, radio waves can typically transmit 1 to 2 gigabits per second (gbps). Tilba-L10 can transmit up to 20 gbps in communication with laser-equipped satellites. “When you go optical, you get much more bandwidth that you can play with,” CEO Jean-Francois Morizur says. Launched in Nov. 2024, Cailabs now has buyers in countries including Australia, France, and the U.S. These are independent reviews of the products mentioned, but TIME receives a commission when purchases are made through affiliate links at no additional cost to the purchaser. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318261/cailabs-tilba-l10/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318261/cailabs-tilba-l10/"},"headline":"Cailabs Tilba-L10","datePublished":"2025-10-09T11:00:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T11:54:48.288Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318261/cailabs-tilba-l10/","keywords":["Tech","E-Commerce","list","franchise","Magazine","best inventions","Special Project","sponsorshipblock","Accolades","Best Inventions 2025"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1552f9d34ca6efda/6998ca3183ec37266dc7af8e/cailabs-tilba-L10-TIME-best-inventions-2025.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jeffrey Kluger","jobTitle":"Editor at Large","url":"https://time.com/author/jeffrey-kluger/"}],"creator":"Jeffrey Kluger","articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1552f9d34ca6efda/6998ca3183ec37266dc7af8e/cailabs-tilba-L10-TIME-best-inventions-2025.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318261/cailabs-tilba-l10/","name":"Cailabs Tilba-L10"}}]}] ```