Company - Kepler Communications
Product/Service - Optical Service, Ku-band Service, S-band Service
- Classification
- Space Utilities
- Category
- In-Space Communications Relay
- Fields
- In-Space Internet
- Status
- Development, Launched
- First launch
- 2023
Status Comment / Notes
Æther 1 and Æther 2 test satellites with optical laser communications were launched on Transporter-9 in November 2023, but successful demonstration has not been announced as of late 2023.
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News, Research, Projects and Patents
| Title | Type | Date | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kepler Open Source Interference Analysis tool (KOSIA) | Software | > Computes perceived radiofrequency interference between two orbital systems. For each system, the user must specify its desired frequency, antenna, and orbital characteristics, as well as simulation parameters (e.g. epoch, timestep resolution). |
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