Kepler Communications

Kepler Communications Inc. develops and operates the Kepler Network, which the company positions as a cloud environment in orbit. The network is intended to provide on-demand, real-time connectivity, on-orbit computing capacity, and hosted payload services to spacecraft operators and space missions.

The company's offering is organized around three lines: the Kepler Network for optical data relay and connectivity; Kepler Compute, which places processing capability in orbit so that data can be handled closer to where it is generated to support faster decisions and more autonomous systems; and hosted payload services, marketed as a route to orbit that reduces cost, schedule risk and technical complexity for payload owners. A packaged offering, Kepler Hosted, combines space infrastructure, onboard compute and optical data relay for time-critical missions, and the company has issued a call for payloads.

Business model

Kepler sells services delivered over its own orbital infrastructure, including data relay and connectivity, on-orbit compute, and hosting of third-party payloads on its spacecraft.

Latest developments

During 2025 Kepler announced delivery of optical infrastructure for real-time space operations (August), selection of Rocket Lab's Neutron vehicle for its first dedicated launch amid network expansion (August), selection as prime contractor for the European Space Agency's HydRON Element 3 (April), deployment of a space-based scalable cloud infrastructure powered by NVIDIA (March), and a partnership naming NanoAvionics as its preferred European partner for optically-connected missions (February).