Kepler launches two new satellites into LEO constellation

TORONTO — Canadian satellite telecommunications company Kepler Communications announced the successful launch this morning of two new GEN1 satellites, further expanding its active low-Earth orbit (LEO) constellation to 15 satellites in total. The company says this is the biggest LEO deployment so far by a Canadian company. The two new satellites, Kepler-6 and Kepler-7 (right), were launched at approximately 2:07 a.m. EDT via the Soyuz-2.1a rocket out of Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan as part of the CAS500-1 mission. Once fully operational within the constellation, these satellites will add additional capacity to Kepler’s global data services offering while also creating the...