Kepler

The Satellite Applications Catapult will work with U.K. suppliers for the Kepler spacecraft platform and will support Kepler’s business development to establish a U.K. base and operations into Europe.

Kepler plans to complete a 140-spacecraft constellation in 2022.

Kepler plans to launch 50 GEN2 satellites in 2021.

AAC Clyde is under contract to build a third and final demo satellite for Kepler named TARS, slated to launch in mid-2019.

TARS is the final prototype Kepler plans to launch before sending ten GEN1 satellites into orbit in 2020.

AAC Clyde built Kepler’s first two prototype satellites: KIPP, which launched aboard a Chinese Long March 11 in January, and CASE, which is scheduled to launch later 2018 on an unspecified rocket.

Kepler is planning a constellation of 140 Ku-band satellites by 2022 to connect Internet of Things devices and serve as an in-space relay for other spacecraft using intersatellite links.

Kepler is planning to place future satellites at 575 km to stay above the 1,584 Starlink satellites SpaceX plans to operate at 550 km.

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

Kepler will launch two six-unit cubesats on a Russian Soyuz rocket operated by GK Launch Services in mid-2020.

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

AAC Clyde built Kepler’s first two prototype satellites, which were three-unit cubesats launched into low Earth orbit in 2018.

The Canadian Space Agency provided Kepler 1 million Canadian dollars to mature its bus design and production techniques.

The GEN1 satellites were manufactured by Kepler at a satellite production facility established at the company’s Toronto headquarters late last year.

The two Kepler satellites are the company’s first GEN1 satellites following three prototype satellites, two launched in 2018 and a third launched 2020-09-02 on a Vega dedicated rideshare mission.

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

Kepler launched two additional satellites on 2021-03-22 via Soyuz-2, expanding its active constellation to a total of 15 satellites.

Kepler has raised more than $90,000,000 to date for its satellite network.

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

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