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- Kepler books Neutron for 2028 optical relay launch SpaceNews · 10 Aug 2026 Kepler Communications plans to deploy next-generation optical relay satellites on Rocket Lab’s upcoming Neutron rocket in one of several launches the Canadian operator has slated for 2028.
- Kepler to lead interoperability tests for ESA’s HydRON optical relay network SpaceNews · 15 Apr 2026 The European Space Agency has picked Canadian small satellite operator Kepler Communications to lead a hosted payload mission to test terminal interoperability for HydRON, ESA’s flagship optical relay network program.
- Sophia and Kepler to marry orbital compute with optical links SpaceNews · 13 Apr 2026 COLORADO SPRINGS – Sophia Space will begin deploying edge compute nodes on Kepler Communications satellites in late 2026, under a strategic pact announced April 13. Through the partnership, Sophia Space will demonstrate...
- Kepler Communications: Call for Live-Stream Payload Concepts SpaceNews · 16 Mar 2026 Kepler is issuing a call for payloads seeking persistent, real-time data streaming in Low Earth Orbit. Integration starts soon for the limited number of hosted payload slots remaining available across […]
- Kepler sets January launch for optical data relay satellites to expand in-orbit connectivity SpaceDaily · 19 Nov 2025 Berlin, Germany (SPX) Nov 19, 2025 Kepler Communications has scheduled the launch of ten 300-kilogram-class satellites in January 2026, marking the operational rollout of its optical data relay constellation. The launch...
- Kepler Communications CEO talks sovereignty, security, and space data SpaceNews · 16 Sep 2025 In this week’s special CEO Series edition of Space Minds, we're at the World Space Business Week in Paris. In today's episode, SpaceNews editor Mike Gruss talks with Mina Mitry, CEO of Kepler Communications.
- Kepler demonstrates space-to-ground optical links for proposed relay network SpaceNews · 14 May 2025 Canada’s Kepler Communications said it has successfully demonstrated optical data links between a prototype satellite in low Earth orbit and a partner’s ground station for the first time.
- Axiom Space to launch orbital data centers on Kepler satellites SpaceNews · 7 Apr 2025 Axiom Space will fly two data centers on Kepler Communications satellites as the next step of its efforts to develop space-based cloud computing services.
- Kepler goes all in on optical communications SpaceNews · 19 Nov 2024 Kepler Communications is seeking permission to operate larger but significantly fewer satellites for its proposed data relay constellation, which would now use lasers instead of radio frequencies to connect low Earth orb...
- ESA picks Kepler-led group to develop LEO optical data relay network SpaceNews · 16 Oct 2024 The European Space Agency has awarded a group led by Kepler Communications, a Canadian small satellite operator, a 36 million euro ($39 million) contract to develop a low Earth orbit optical relay network.
- Kepler demonstrates optical data relay service in LEO SpaceNews · 11 Jun 2024 Kepler Communications has successfully tested optical inter-satellite links between a pair of data relay prototypes in low Earth orbit, the Canadian operator announced June 11.
- Kepler partners up for ESA’s optical data relay constellation SpaceNews · 10 Apr 2024 Kepler Communications, a Canadian small satellite operator, is teaming up with Europe’s Airbus Defence and Space and its independent laser terminal subsidiary Tesat-Spacecom to develop an optical relay network in low Ear...
- Axiom Space Announces Partners For World's 1st Orbital Data Center The Launch Pad · 20 Dec 2023 Axiom Space has entered into agreements with Kepler Communications US Inc. and Skyloom Global Corp. to integrate and showcase high data rate Optical Intersatellite Links (OISLs) on the first module of Axiom Space's comme...
- Kepler Communications raises $92 million for optical data relay network SpaceNews · 13 Apr 2023 Canadian small satellite operator Kepler Communications said April 13 it has raised $92 million to start deploying an optical data-relay constellation next year.
- Launch startup SpaceRyde fortifies advisory board SpaceNews · 8 Aug 2022 Canadian launch startup SpaceRyde said Aug. 8 it has added a second member to its advisory board with the appointment of Mina Mitry, the CEO of small satellite operator Kepler Communications.
- Kepler books orbital transfer vehicle for next launch SpaceNews · 30 Jun 2022 Canada’s Kepler Communications said June 30 it plans to use D-Orbit’s orbital transfer vehicle for the next two satellites in its low-data-rate constellation.
- Spire Global adding high-capacity Ku-band antennas to satellites SpaceNews · 10 May 2022 Spire Global said May 10 it is installing Ku-band antennas from fellow smallsat operator Kepler Communications on at least three satellites to offer higher capacity data services beginning next year.
- Kepler validates intersatellite data-relay terminal SpaceNews · 14 Apr 2022 Kepler Communications has successfully tested inter-satellite links with a terminal designed to tap into the Aether data-relay constellation it plans to start deploying early next year, an executive for the Canadian comp...
- Kepler plots relay network to serve thousands of satellite terminals SpaceNews · 23 Dec 2021 Kepler Communications plans to use a Spire Global nanosatellite launching late next year to test a terminal it hopes to someday deploy by the thousands to create a mesh network of data-relay satellites.
- Kepler Communications raises $16 million for telecom constellation SpaceNews · 14 Oct 2018