WILMINGTON, DELAWARE – October 3, 2024 – Kepler Communications US Inc., a subsidiary of Kepler Communications, today announced a partnership with NASA to exchange information and explore demonstration opportunities through a non-reimbursable Space Act Agreement under the agency’s Communications Services Project (CSP).

This agreement will provide NASA insights into Kepler’s space data-relay capabilities, which complement the set of existing funded Space Act Agreements under CSP. Kepler will collaborate with NASA on current and future on-orbit capabilities that provide meaningful demonstrations of key NASA mission use cases.

“The hybrid architecture of our optical pathfinder satellites could provide many space-relay demonstration opportunities for NASA,” said Robert Conrad, Vice President of Business Development for Kepler Communications US. “Kepler is well-positioned to support NASA as they explore options to transition to commercially owned and operated communications systems.”

Additionally, the demonstrations will provide valuable feedback to Kepler as the company launches its space data relay network. The Kepler Network provides customers with always-available coverage in low-Earth orbit with sub-second end-to-end latency, gigabit throughputs, and onboard processing to enable access to space-generated data in near-real time.

NASA’s CSP was created to transition near-Earth missions from government to commercially owned space-relay communication networks. The project plans to deliver operational services to the Near Space Network by 2031.

To learn more about Kepler, please visit www.Kepler.space

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ABOUT KEPLER

Kepler Communications US, Inc., a subsidiary of Kepler Communications Inc., is a satellite telecommunications provider on a mission to deliver Internet connectivity to space. Kepler provides real-time, continuous service for space communications and was the first commercial company to announce the successful demonstration of SDA-compatible optical inter-satellite links (OISLs) on orbit. The Kepler Network will initially service low Earth orbit (LEO) and plans to provide connectivity services to space missions in LEO, MEO, GEO, and beyond. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Kepler is building a global company to enable communications for the future space economy.

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Crystalyn Koch

Strategic Communications Manager

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