Kepler

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.

Kepler planned to commence deployment of the full Aether network in 2023-01-01.

Kepler planned to start 2022 with over 100 employees and to continue hiring aggressively in 2022.

Kepler plans data-relay services using an S-band terminal that successfully tested inter-satellite links earlier 2022.

Kepler plans to test its data-relay terminal on a Spire nanosatellite slated to launch late in 2022.

Kepler is developing an upgraded path for its Ku-Band Service that would support 2.5 Gbps.

Kepler raised $60,000,000 in June to support its business expansion plans.

Kepler has delivered an information rate of more than 300 Mbps from LEO using a 3.4-meter dish.

Momentus Space launched its first Vigoride mission on 2022-05-25 on a Falcon 9 without Kepler onboard.

Kepler established optical inter-satellite links during commissioning and early operations between two Pathfinder satellites equipped with Space Development Agency compatible Tesat SCOT80 optical terminals.

Kepler has started work at its Toronto factory to produce 10 data relay satellites for Tranche 1, including one in-orbit spare, to provide initial optical services before the end of 2025.

Kepler is scaling operations to deploy the first Tranche of its next-generation constellation and expects to offer initial optical services in 2025.