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Kepler raises $92m in fresh funding

Toronto-based Kepler Communications has raised $92 million in a Series C funding round as part of its project to launch an “internet ready” satellite optical data relay system to compliment its existing radio frequency network. Since 2016, the company has raised more than $200 million in equity, with support from Costanoa Ventures, Canaan Partners, Tribe […]

April 15, 2023By Chris Forrester

SES plans major fleet expansion

SES currently has two core deployments of satellites: It has a fleet of powerful geostationary satellites that just about serves the whole planet. It also has 20 O3b (‘the Other 3 Billion’) satellites in Medium Earth Orbit, with seven new ‘super-power’ O3b satellites on order from Boeing, with deployment starting in 2021. The O3b fleet […]

June 1, 2020By Chris Forrester