https://spacewatch.global/tag/mina-mitry/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Mon, 18 May 2026 05:16:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/mina-mitry/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2026/05/space-cafe-33-minutes-with-first-live-thermal-infrared-from-space-kepler-and-ororatech/ Fri, 15 May 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=73949 Laura Todd talks with Mina Mitry, CEO of Kepler, and Thomas Gruebler, Co-founder of OroraTech, at Space Symposium about a world first: live-streaming thermal infrared data from space. Discover how a five-month collaboration is revolutionizing wildfire detection and why trust is at the core of international partnerships.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/04/esa-contracts-kepler-led-consortium-for-the-third-phase-of-the-hydron-laser-communications-project/ Tue, 21 Apr 2026 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=73164 ESA has awarded Kepler €18.6 million to lead the next phase of HydRON, its high-throughput laser communications network for satellite constellations.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/04/astrolight-joins-kepler-led-team-on-esas-hydron-optical-communication-network-project/ Thu, 16 Apr 2026 06:29:58 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=73014 Kepler Communications is leading a group of industry partners, including Astrolight, on a multimillion-euro contract under the European Space Agency’s High-throughput Optical Network (HydRON) project to develop HydRON’s user-terminal segment, known as Element 3. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/02/kepler-selects-nanoavionics-as-preferred-european-partner-for-optically-connected-missions/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=71368 Kepler Communications has chosen Kongsberg NanoAvionics as its preferred European satellite bus provider for its hosted payload initiatives aboard spacecraft up to 500kg in mass. Through a Kepler service capacity commitment, NanoAvionics will also begin offering its own customers access to Kepler’s optical data relay network and on-orbit compute services as an optional feature within its portfolio of inter-satellite link solutions.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2026/01/ororatech-and-kepler-to-launch-worlds-first-thermal-livestream-of-earth/ Tue, 13 Jan 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=70343 OroraTech has successfully launched four of its innovative SAFIRE Gen4 sensor payloads aboard Kepler Communications’ satellites, which deployed via SpaceX, paving the way for the first-ever thermal livestream of Earth by OroraTech, using Kepler’s advanced communication technology. Relayed by fast optical communications network, OroraTech’s thermal insights, computed on-orbit, will be available to customers on the ground as persistent, real-time infrared data from orbit, enabling fast wildfire detections and thermal data..]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/10/kepler-wins-contract-to-support-canadian-arctic-defense/ Fri, 24 Oct 2025 06:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=68525 Kepler Communications has won a multi-year contract from DRDC to demonstrate real-time data sharing and connectivity for Continental Defense, including the Canadian Arctic. The initiative will conduct research and analysis to support the development of technologies enabling resilient space architecture that integrates communications, sensing, and command and control]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/12/kepler-formally-shifts-strategy-for-optical-data-relay-network/ Mon, 02 Dec 2024 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=62622 Kepler Communications has petitioned for changes with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to consolidate its constellation size to better suit the updated optical data relay infrastructure.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/06/kepler-validates-optical-technology-for-data-relay-constellation/ Tue, 18 Jun 2024 06:00:46 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=55698 Kepler Communications has announced the successful validation of optical inter-satellite links (OISLs) between two data relay satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO). During a commissioning and early operations phase, Kepler established optical inter-satellite links between two Pathfinder satellites featuring  Space Development Agency (SDA) compatible Tesat SCOT80 optical terminals.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/04/kepler-to-develop-in-space-communications-network-for-hydron/ Fri, 12 Apr 2024 06:00:04 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=54613 Kepler Communications, Inc. has entered into an agreement with TESAT-Spacecom and Airbus Defence and Space to develop a high bandwidth optical communications network in low Earth orbit (LEO) to address emerging opportunities such as the European Space Agency’s (ESA) High Throughput Optical Network (HydRON) program. This marks a significant milestone toward the development of terabit-class optical networking in space.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2023/04/kepler-raises-92-million-usd-series-c/ Fri, 14 Apr 2023 06:00:27 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=47988 Kepler Communications, a Canadian satellite telecommunications provider, announced on the 13th of April that it has raised $92 million USD in Series C funding led by IA Ventures. Since 2016, the company has raised more than $200 million in equity, supported by Costanoa Ventures, Canaan Partners, Tribe Capital, BDC Capital’s Industrial Innovation Venture Fund, and other leading investors.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/01/kepler-communications-announces-successful-launch-of-8-new-gen1-satellites/ Thu, 28 Jan 2021 07:00:08 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=29998 Kepler launched 8 new satellites on SpaceX's Rideshare]]>