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 commissioned distributed on-orbit computing across its Tranche 1 optical data relay constellation on March 16, 2026.
Kepler Communications deployed the 40 NVIDIA Jetson Orin modules as distributed edge GPUs across the ten satellites in the Tranche 1 Aether series.
Kepler Communications is using Nvidia technology for in-space computing applications.
Telesat and Kepler Communications have potential export pathways under SAFE based on their low Earth orbit (LEO) constellations and optical laser links to provide resilient connectivity for allied forces.
Kepler Communications adheres to open standards such as Space Development Agency and ESA protocols to ensure interoperability.
Beau Jarvis is Chief Revenue Officer at Kepler Communications.
The Kepler–NanoAvionics partnership targets spacecraft with a mass of up to 500 kg for hosted payload initiatives.
The Kepler–NanoAvionics partnership will utilize U.S. Space Development Agency standards for secure, interoperable data transfer.
On February 17, 2026 Kepler Communications selected Kongsberg NanoAvionics as its preferred European satellite bus provider for upcoming hosted payload initiatives.
The Kepler–NanoAvionics agreement allows hosted payloads on NanoAvionics buses to access Kepler Communications’ optical communications network.
NanoAvionics will offer Kepler’s optical data relay and edge computing services as an optional feature within its portfolio of inter-satellite link solutions.
The partnership between Kepler Communications and Kongsberg NanoAvionics is a non-exclusive preferential partnership.
OroraTech flew its thermal sensing hardware as a hosted payload aboard Kepler’s optical communications constellation earlier in 2025.
NanoAvionics will receive priority consideration as Kepler scales capacity on its optical network.
Kepler Communications named Kongsberg NanoAvionics its preferred European satellite bus provider for optically-connected missions.
Kepler is pursuing institutional contracts and was selected as the prime contractor for Element 1 of ESA’s HydRON (High-throughput Digital and Optical Network) program for optical communications.
Kepler integrates its optical network and on-orbit compute services with NanoAvionics’ platforms to support responsive, time-critical, dynamically tasked missions.
Kepler Communications selected Kongsberg NanoAvionics as its preferred satellite bus provider in Europe.
Integrating Kepler’s optical data relay network enables NanoAvionics to offer customers real-time connectivity with speeds of up to 2.5 Gbps.
Kepler Communications selected NanoAvionics as the preferred European satellite bus provider for its hosted payload initiatives in a non-exclusive agreement.