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Kepler Communications

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commercialFounded 2015
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Kepler’s relay satellites are designed to provide real-time connectivity for LEO satellites that can only relay data while passing over an approved ground station.

Mentioned as: KeplerTechnical ProductJun 11, 2024Kepler demonstrates optical data relay service in LEO

Kepler launched its first two optical pathfinder satellites in late 2023.

Mentioned as: KeplerTechnical ProductApr 15, 2024Kepler Partners with TESAT and Airbus to Develop Optical Communications Network for HydRON

Kepler expects its first full tranche of optical satellites to be launched and operational by 2025 to provide services to commercial and government partners.

Mentioned as: Kepler CommunicationsNarrative GeneralApr 15, 2024Kepler Partners with TESAT and Airbus to Develop Optical Communications Network for HydRON

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.

Mentioned as: Kepler CommunicationsTechnical ProductApr 15, 2024Kepler Partners with TESAT and Airbus to Develop Optical Communications Network for HydRON

Kepler is leveraging technology being developed for its LEO optical data relay network, The Kepler Network, for the project.

Mentioned as: KeplerTechnical ProductApr 15, 2024Kepler Partners with TESAT and Airbus to Develop Optical Communications Network for HydRON

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.

Mentioned as: Kepler CommunicationsOrg RelationshipApr 10, 2024Kepler partners up for ESA’s optical data relay constellation

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.

Mentioned as: Kepler CommunicationsOrg RelationshipApr 10, 2024Kepler partners with TESAT-Spacecom + Airbus D&S for LEO optical comm network

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.

Mentioned as: Kepler CommunicationsTechnical ProductApr 10, 2024Kepler partners with TESAT-Spacecom + Airbus D&S for LEO optical comm network

Kepler Communications is teaming up with Airbus Defence and Space and Tesat-Spacecom to develop an optical relay network in low Earth orbit.

Mentioned as: Kepler CommunicationsTechnical ProductApr 10, 2024Kepler partners up for ESA’s optical data relay constellation

Kepler launched its first two optical pathfinder satellites in late 2023.

Mentioned as: KeplerTechnical ProductApr 10, 2024Kepler partners up for ESA’s optical data relay constellation

Kepler Communications was a subcontractor within two competing groups that won early ESA study contracts in 2022 for a multi-orbit HydRON demonstration mission.

Mentioned as: Kepler CommunicationsNarrative GeneralApr 10, 2024Kepler partners up for ESA’s optical data relay constellation

Kepler’s LEO data relay network would provide real-time connectivity for LEO satellites that otherwise can only relay information when passing over approved ground stations.

Mentioned as: KeplerTechnical ProductApr 10, 2024Kepler partners up for ESA’s optical data relay constellation

Kepler Communications launched its first two optical pathfinder satellites in late 2023.

Mentioned as: Kepler CommunicationsOrg RelationshipApr 10, 2024Kepler partners with TESAT-Spacecom + Airbus D&S for LEO optical comm network

NASA's history of the Discovery program illustrates its evolution through missions such as NEAR, Mars Pathfinder, Dawn, and Kepler.

Mentioned as: Kepler CommunicationsNarrative GeneralFeb 5, 2024Review: NASA’s Discovery Program

Kepler’s network is an SDA-compatible space relay network designed to provide low-latency, high-throughput optical communications and 24/7 on-orbit capabilities.

Mentioned as: Kepler CommunicationsOrg RelationshipDec 21, 2023Axiom Space Partners with Kepler Space + Skyloom for world’s 1st orbital data center

The Kepler and Skyloom relay constellations will be used to transmit data to and from Axiom Space’s orbital data center via Optical Intersatellite Links.

Mentioned as: KeplerTechnical ProductDec 21, 2023Axiom Space Partners with Kepler Space + Skyloom for world’s 1st orbital data center

Kepler Communications’ space relay network is designed to be Space Development Agency–compatible and to provide low-latency, high-throughput on-orbit data relay services.

Mentioned as: Kepler CommunicationsNarrative GeneralDec 20, 2023Axiom Space Collaborates with Kepler Space and Skyloom for World's First Orbital Data Center

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.

Mentioned as: Kepler CommunicationsOrg RelationshipDec 20, 2023Axiom Space Collaborates with Kepler Space and Skyloom for World's First Orbital Data Center

Kepler Communications raised $92,000,000 in a Series C funding round 2023.

Mentioned as: Kepler CommunicationsTechnical ProductNov 3, 2023Revealing the Startup of the Year finalists for the SpaceNews 2023 Icon Awards

Kepler Communications is expanding from low-data-rate IoT connectivity into optical data relay.

Mentioned as: kepler communicationsNarrative GeneralNov 3, 2023Revealing the Startup of the Year finalists for the SpaceNews 2023 Icon Awards
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