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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The successful launch of the 10 300 kg satellites marks an important milestone for Kepler Communications, enabling the start of its optical data relay constellation's commercial operations.
Kepler Communications established an advanced vertically integrated manufacturing facility in downtown Toronto as part of its growth strategy.
At 8:50 a.m. ET, a SpaceX Falcon 9 mission called 'Twilight' launched with 40 payloads onboard, including 10 satellites from Kepler Communications.
Kepler Communications plans to provide real-time connectivity, advanced computing, and hosted payload capabilities through its optical data relay constellation once operational.
Kepler Communications partnered with UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory and Sinclair Interplanetary to support its satellite manufacturing strategy.
Kepler Communications has 10 AETHER optical relay satellites scheduled for launch on the SpaceX Twilight rideshare mission this Sunday.
SpaceX's Twilight rideshare mission is scheduled to deploy the first tranche of Kepler Communications' next-generation optical satellite constellation.
Cailabs has demonstrated its Space Development Agency (SDA)-compatible optical ground station in a space-to-ground optical demonstration with a Kepler Communications satellite.
Kepler Communications has proven that optical technology works across space-to-space, space-to-ground, and space-to-air domains.
In September 2025, Kepler partnered with the Space Development Agency and General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems to establish the first-ever commercial bi-directional optical link between a satellite and a General Atomics MQ-9B SkyGuardian aircraft in flight.
MDA Space, Kepler Communications, and C-CORE were awarded $747,000 to design concept studies for Canada’s fourth-generation Earth observation satellite system.
Mina Mitry is the Co-Founder and CEO of Kepler Communications.
The occupational standard for space technicians, finished in March 2023, was developed alongside people at Kepler Communications.
In April, Kepler announced that Axiom Space had purchased two initial on-orbit computing payloads.
Kepler Communications is preparing to launch the first ten satellites of its optical data relay constellation in January 2026.
Kepler Communications has launched 23 satellites since 2018 in low Earth orbit.
Kepler Communications has added Chris Hadfield as an advisor for its human spaceflight initiatives.
Kepler Communications plans to support human spaceflight communications and strengthen industry relationships.
Kepler Communications has been providing communication services to the U.S. Department of Defense Space Development Agency and the European Space Agency for the HydRON Space-Based Terabit Broadband Network.
Mina Mitry is the CEO and co-founder of Kepler Communications.