Hardware

Hardware Engineering is responsible for the physical design of all Kepler’s future products with the intent of meeting the highest quality and reliability standards, enabling advanced testing practices, and minimizing board and system level manufacturing complexity.

Series C Funding

The $92 Million Series C funding was led by IA Ventures with support from Costanoa Ventures, Canaan Partners, Tribe Capital, BDC Capital’s Industrial Innovation Venture Fund, and other leading investors. Since 2016, the company has raised more than $200 million in equity.

Kepler Selects TESAT To Provide Optical Terminals For Next Generation Constellation

TORONTO, ONTARIO — June 8, 2022 — Kepler Communications has selected Tesat-Spacecom, a satellite payload equipment provider, to supply optical inter-satellite links for its next generation of satellites. TESAT’s ConLCT80 (constellation laser communication terminals) will be installed on Kepler’s first tranche of ÆTHER satellites, enabling optical service for The Kepler Network, a real-time, always-on communication network in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) providing the internet in space for space assets.

Intersatellite Link Validation

Four days after launch, Kepler successfully transferred a data packet from one satellite to another on-orbit, validating RF technology considered for our future data relay network.