Kepler-70b, a planet hotter than the Sun at 6,800°C, orbits a dead star, defying cosmic odds. Once a gas giant, it’s now a ...

Kepler Communications is seeking permission to operate larger but significantly fewer satellites for its proposed data relay constellation, which would now use lasers instead of radio frequencies ...

A 128-minute orbit, according to Kepler's third law, works out to a semi-major axis of 8,413 km (5,228 mi). Such an object with less than 0.25 eccentricity (a roughly circular orbit), therefore ...

Until now. Today, we're bringing Kepler 22-b into our planetary neighborhood. Where would this planet need to orbit within the Sun’s habitable zone? How would you go visit it? And would you find ...

TORONTO, Nov. 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kepler Communications, a company building Internet connectivity for space, today announced that it has petitioned for changes with the Federal Communications ...

Earlier this year, Kepler demonstrated optical satellite links on-orbit for SDA and touts itself as the first commercial company that achieved success in doing so. Kepler designed its network to ...

On Episode 137 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with Jason Steffen, a member of the science team for the Kepler ...

The Kepler Network provides customers with always-available coverage in low Earth orbit (LEO) with sub-second end-to-end latency, gigabit throughputs, and onboard processing to enable access to ...

WILMINGTON, Del., Nov. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kepler Communications US Inc., a subsidiary of Kepler Communications, ...

There's nothing innate about the Earth or its atmosphere that marks the boundaries of low Earth orbit. This is a distinction ...

Under the consolidated filing, the first tranche of Kepler’s optical data relay network will consist of 10 satellites on orbit, scheduled to be launched in quarter four of 2025. The filing also ...