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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OneWeb and Kepler Communications objected mainly to SpaceX's request to use Ku-band ground stations for some lower-orbiting satellites on the grounds that the ground stations could cause interference with their Ku-band satellite networks.
Kepler Communications’ third satellite is scheduled to launch later 2019.
Kepler Communications and C-Com connected Kepler’s demonstration cubesats KIPP and CASE using C-Com’s iNetVu FLY-981 Ku-band terminal and demonstrated a 100 Mbps downlink and a 30 Mbps uplink.
Kepler Communications, a Canadian startup, received FCC approval for a 140-satellite Ku-band constellation.
The FCC’s 2018-11-15 meeting docket includes authorizing two NGSO satellite systems by Kepler Communications and LeoSat and modifying existing authorizations for SpaceX and Telesat.
The Federal Communications Commission scheduled a vote for 2018-11-15 on proposed satellite constellations from Kepler Communications and LeoSat and on expansion requests from SpaceX and Telesat.
Kepler Communications raised $16,000,000 to build and launch its first-generation constellation of up to 15 satellites.
Kepler Communications has raised $21,000,000 to date.
The shipping company F. Laeisz uses Kepler Communications’ satellite to connect the Polarstern icebreaking vessel at high latitudes beyond most geostationary satellite coverage.
Costanoa Ventures led Kepler Communications’ $16,000,000 funding round with participation from Deutsche Bahn’s Digital Ventures and returning investors including IA Ventures.
Kepler Communications uses polar orbits for its satellites, producing store-and-forward latency around 90 minutes at the poles and 12 to 24 hours at the equator with a single satellite.
ÅAC Clyde is building a third prototype satellite for Kepler Communications with participation from the Satellite Applications Catapult for a planned spring 2019 launch on an unannounced rocket.
Kepler Communications plans the full 140-satellite constellation to be operational by the end of 2022.
Kepler Communications plans a second generation of 50 satellites in orbit by the end of 2021.
Kepler Communications expects to have its first-generation constellation in orbit in 2020 to provide store-and-forward communications and narrowband connectivity to sensors and other Internet of Things devices.
Kepler Communications’ Ku-band satellite can reach downlink speeds of 40 Megabits per second and uplink speeds of 20 Megabits per second.
Kepler Communications operates a prototype cubesat called KIPP that provides wideband service.
The United Kingdom’s Satellite Applications Catapult is helping Kepler fund the TARS mission and establish an office in the United Kingdom.
Kepler Communications plans to launch the third prototype satellite during the summer of 2019, preceding the launch of the larger constellation later in 2019.
Kepler Communications has partnered with the Satellite Applications Catapult in the United Kingdom to build a third prototype satellite before deploying a full constellation.