Kepler Communications and Magellan Aerospace Sign Letter of Intention to Fly Innovative Smart Radiator Device on Satellite Mission
TORONTO, Ontario — April 16, 2019 – Kepler Communications (“Kepler”), a Canadian satellite telecommunications provider, and Magellan Aerospace Corporation (“Magellan”) have signed a Letter of Intention to fly an innovative Smart Radiator Device (SRD) on Kepler’s third satellite, scheduled for launch later this year. The unique SRD, designed to significantly improve temperature management on-board future satellites, is being developed by MPB Communications (“MPB”) in partnership with Magellan Aerospace.
C-COM Satellite Systems and Kepler Communications Announce Successful Integration of LEO Support on C-COM FLY-981
OTTAWA and TORONTO, Canada, April 2, 2019 – C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. (TSXV: CMI), the world’s leading provider of commercial grade auto-acquire mobile satellite antenna systems, and Kepler Communications, a pioneering nano-satellite telecommunications company, announced today the successful integration of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite tracking capabilities to C-COM’s highly successful FLY-981.
Generation 1
Built entirely at Kepler’s production facility in Toronto, the GEN1 satellites focus on delivering wideband and narrowband connectivity to Earth. To date, Kepler has 21 satellites in the GEN1 constellation.
Kepler’s Next Wideband Satellite Reaches Orbit on the Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
Toronto, CANADA 29 November 2018 – At 04:27:30 a.m. UTC (11:47:30 p.m. EST), Kepler Communications successfully launched their second wideband satellite to low-Earth orbit (LEO) on the Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C43 mission that lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India.
Series A Funding
The $16 million series A funding round was led by Costanoa Ventures and includedparticipation by Digital Ventures, IA Ventures, and other returning investors.
First Launch
Kepler launches the first Ku-band LEO satellite in the world, taking it from napkin to orbit in 12 months. Over the next two years, CASE (2018) and TARS (2020) were also developed as pathfinder satellites to help Kepler test technology for our first official generation of satellites.
New Partners
After one year and two months of constant iteration on the Master Plan Part Un, we’re excited to announce that we’ve earned the backing of some incredibly talented people. Brad Gillespie and the team at IA Ventures led our oversubscribed 5M USD seed round. This allowed us to attract some really great investors namely, Techstars Ventures, Liquid 2 VC (NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana’s fund), SK Ventures, Zelkova Ventures, Plug & Play Ventures, V1 VC, Globalive Capital, and BDC
Incorporation
Founded in 2015 by a group of graduate students who identified critical gaps in satellite communications, Kepler has grown into a global company with an in-house production facility and a passionate team dedicated to designing, building, testing, and flying satellites for an Internet-ready optical constellation.