Kepler Communications is a satellite telecommunications provider based in Toronto, Canada, with a mission to deliver Internet connectivity to space. The company is building the Kepler Network, an optical data relay constellation, to provide real-time, high-bandwidth data transfer and on-orbit computing services for space-based assets. Kepler's customers include Axiom Space, NASA, and the Space Development Agency (SDA), and it is working towards providing connectivity services in LEO, MEO, GEO, and beyond, using optical inter-satellite links (OISLs). Associated keywords: satellite telecommunications, optical data relay, in-space communications, internet for space, LEO, MEO, GEO.
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Kepler Communications raised an oversubscribed $60,000,000 Series B financing round.
Kepler Communications has raised more than $90,000,000 in total funding to date.
Kepler Communications designed and built two 6U CubeSats, Kepler-6 and Kepler-7, for multispectrum communication with both wideband high data-rate and narrowband low data-rate communications for IoT applications.
Other companies that launched IoT satellites 2021-03-22 include Fleet Space Technologies, Kepler Communications, Hiber, and Lacuna Space.
Kepler 6 and Kepler 7 are smallsats by Kepler Communications Inc. of Canada designed for wideband high-data-rate communications in Ku-band and low-data-rate narrowband communications in S-band.
ISISPACE’s launch service integration team at ISILAUNCH managed and executed the Transporter-1 launch campaign on Kepler’s behalf.
Kepler Communications contracted ISISPACE and ISILAUNCH to manage the integration of its smallsats on board the Transporter-1 mission, including interface design and development, deployers, a sequencer, and full-service integration support to deliver all satellites and equipment to the launch site and mate them with Falcon 9.
ISISPACE’s ISILAUNCH integration team managed and executed the Transporter-1 launch campaign on Kepler’s behalf.
Momentus Space and Kepler Communications agreed on 2020-10-20 to arrange the 2021 launch of two Kepler satellites on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare flight and delivery to their desired orbital altitude using the Vigoride in-space transportation vehicle.
The University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies Space Flight Laboratory built the Kepler-4 satellite and Kepler Communications provided the Kepler-4 payload.
Kepler booked 400 kg of rideshare capacity with SpaceX in 2019 to launch an unspecified number of cubesats.
Kepler Communications launched two satellites built in its own facility on 2020-09-28.
Kepler Communications announced plans in January 2020 to manufacture its constellation of 140 Internet of Things satellites in-house.
Kepler received help designing its cubesat bus from the Canadian Space Agency.
Kepler received help designing its cubesat bus from the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies’ Space Flight Laboratory.
Kepler Communications will build a constellation of 140 cubesats in a 5,000-square-foot facility commissioned late last year at its Toronto headquarters.
Kepler Communications decided to manufacture its cubesat satellite constellation in-house on 2020-01-28.
Kepler Communications considered around 10 different smallsat manufacturers before deciding to build its satellites in-house.
OneWeb first applied for Ku- and Ka-band satellite frequencies with the FCC in April 2016, triggering 11 additional applications that included SpaceX, SES, and Kepler Communications.
Kepler Communications aims to have 140 cubesats in orbit by 2023 to provide connectivity for the Internet of Things market.