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 is the third organization announced to receive a SpaceLEO contract from DRDC.
Kepler Communications received a $500K contract from the Defence, Research and Development Canada (DRDC) SpaceLEO initiative.
Kepler Communications will demonstrate real-time data sharing and connectivity for Continental Defence, including the Canadian Arctic.
Kepler Communications has been awarded a multi-year contract from Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC).
Kepler Communications Inc. received $500,000 to develop an orbital cloud infrastructure for satellite operations.
The SCOT80 optical communications terminal is deployed on several low Earth orbit satellites, including Kepler Communications’ commercial fleet and Space Development Agency military satellites built by Lockheed Martin.
Kepler Communications’ filing includes two optical pathfinder satellites that were launched in quarter four of 2023.
Kepler Communications partnered with TESAT Spacecom for optical terminals beginning in 2022.
Mina Mitry, Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of Kepler Communications, and Laurent Jaffart, ESA Director of Connectivity and Secure Communications, signed the HydRON Element #1 contract.
Kepler Communications is collaborating with TESAT and Airbus to deliver the HydRON Element #1 optical constellation.
The 19 HALO pool members are Airbus U.S. Space & Defense (Arlington, Virginia); Apex Technology, Inc. (Culver City, California); AST Space Mobile USA LLC (Midland, Texas); Astro Digital, U.S. Inc. (San Jose, California); Capella Space Corp. (San Francisco); CesiumAstro Inc. (Austin, Texas); Firefly Aerospace, Inc. (Cedar Park, Texas); Geneva Technologies Inc. (Monument, Colorado); Impulse Space, Inc. (Redondo Beach, California); Kepler Communications U.S. Inc. (Wilmington, Delaware); Kuiper Government Solutions (KGS) LLC (Arlington, Virginia); LeoStella LLC (Tukwila, Washington); Momentus Space (San Jose, California); Muon Space, Inc. (Mountain View, California); NovaWurks Inc. (Los Alamitos, California); Space Exploration Technologies Corps. (SpaceX) (Hawthorne, California); Turion Space Corp. (Irvine, California); Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Inc. (Irvine, California); and York Space Systems LLC (Denver).
Kepler Communications successfully tested optical inter-satellite links between a pair of data relay prototypes in low Earth orbit on 2024-06-11.
Kepler Communications entered into an agreement with TESAT-Spacecom and Airbus Defence and Space to develop a high-bandwidth optical communications network in low Earth orbit.
Kepler Communications, TESAT-Spacecom, and Airbus Defence and Space have entered into an agreement to develop a high-bandwidth optical communications network in low Earth orbit to address opportunities including ESA’s HydRON program.
Kepler Communications launched its first two optical pathfinder satellites in late 2023.
Kepler Communications expects its first full tranche of optical satellites to be launched and operational by 2025 to provide services to commercial and government partners.
Kepler Communications is teaming up with Airbus Defence and Space and Tesat-Spacecom to develop an optical relay network in low Earth orbit.
Kepler Communications currently operates 21 satellites in a sun-synchronous fleet that provide low-data-rate connectivity for devices out of range of terrestrial networks.
Kepler Communications was a subcontractor within two competing groups that won early ESA study contracts in 2022 for a multi-orbit HydRON demonstration mission.
Kepler Communications’ network is designed to provide 24/7 on-orbit capabilities to support continuous, high-capacity connectivity for commercial space stations and Earth observation companies.