Polaris IntelligencePolaris Intelligence
InformationOrganizationsSpacecraftMissionsConstellationsLaunch VehiclesLocations
© Polaris Intelligence 2025Admin

Kepler Communications

CA
commercialFounded 2015
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
kepler.space/
Admin Edit

Verified facts grounded in source documentation.

Kepler Communications raised $60,000,000 in June to cover funding for all the satellites it aims to deploy throughout 2023.

NARRATIVE GROWTH4/14/2022Kepler validates intersatellite data-relay terminal

Kepler Communications plans to deploy dedicated data-relay spacecraft next year that will be an order of magnitude bigger than the company’s 19 cubesats.

NARRATIVE PLAN4/14/2022Kepler validates intersatellite data-relay terminal

Kepler Communications plans to test its S-band terminal on a third-party nanosatellite operated by Spire Global that is slated to launch in late 2022.

NARRATIVE PLAN4/14/2022Kepler validates intersatellite data-relay terminal

Kepler was the first company to launch and operate a Ku-band satellite service in Low Earth Orbit.

NARRATIVE GENERAL1/13/2022Kepler Communications Adds Four GEN1 Smallsats To Their Constellation

Kepler plans to launch four satellites in January as part of SpaceX’s Transporter 3 Falcon 9 ride-share mission.

NARRATIVE GROWTH12/23/2021Kepler plots relay network to serve thousands of satellite terminals

Kepler raised $60,000,000 in June to support its constellation plans and aimed to nearly double its team to 150 people by the end of 2021.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL12/23/2021Kepler plots relay network to serve thousands of satellite terminals

Kepler Communications completed a Series B funding round announced in June 2021.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL9/14/2021Kepler Communications Names A New COO

Kepler Communications plans to increase its team size to 150 employees by the end of 2021.

NARRATIVE PLAN6/9/2021Series B For Kepler Communications Raises Millions$$$ For SATCOM Network

Kepler Communications plans to increase its team size to 150 employees by the end of 2021.

NARRATIVE GROWTH6/9/2021Series B For Kepler Communications Raises Millions$$$ For SATCOM Network

Kepler Communications operates 15 satellites on orbit, making it the largest satellite operator in Canada.

NARRATIVE GENERAL6/9/2021Series B For Kepler Communications Raises Millions$$$ For SATCOM Network

Kepler plans to build a U.S. presence after raising $60,000,000 for its low Earth orbit satellite data constellation.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL6/9/2021Kepler unveils expansion plans after $60 million funding round

Kepler is the first company to launch and operate a Ku-band satellite service in Low Earth Orbit.

NARRATIVE GENERAL1/24/2021Eight Kepler Space Smallsats Rendezvous With Space, Launched By SpaceX

Kepler plans to launch its next satellites in December in an even larger deployment than the 2020-09-28 launch.

NARRATIVE GROWTH9/29/2020Kepler launches first internally produced satellites

Kepler Communications will build a constellation of 140 cubesats in a 5,000-square-foot facility commissioned late last year at its Toronto headquarters.

NARRATIVE PLAN1/29/2020Kepler decides to build its 140-satellite cubesat constellation in-house

Kepler plans to scale its Internet of Things constellation to reach 140 satellites in 2023.

NARRATIVE GROWTH12/12/2019Kepler books SpaceX rideshare for LEO satellites

Kepler Communications reserved SpaceX rideshare capacity to launch an unspecified number of Internet of Things cubesats in 2020.

NARRATIVE CAPABILITY12/12/2019Kepler books SpaceX rideshare for LEO satellites

ISL partnered with Kepler Communications for Kepler’s inaugural mission that launched Kepler’s first satellite into orbit in January 2018 and a second satellite in November 2018.

NARRATIVE GENERAL10/7/2019Kepler Communications to launch satellites with ISL and GK Launch Services on a Soyuz mid-next year

Kepler plans to deploy a 140-satellite constellation starting with at least 15 commercial spacecraft by the end of 2020.

NARRATIVE GROWTH10/7/2019Kepler books Soyuz for first two service-grade satellites

Kepler Communications signed a launch agreement with Innovative Space Logistics B.V. (ISL) and GK Launch Services to deploy two satellites into sun-synchronous orbit in Q2–2020-07-01.

ORG RELATIONSHIP10/7/2019Kepler Communications to launch satellites with ISL and GK Launch Services on a Soyuz mid-next year

Kepler Communications raised $16,000,000 last year in a Series A investment round led by Costanoa Ventures.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL9/13/2019Kepler reviews plan for constellation architecture
Page2of3