Canadian Startup Kepler Launches 10 Satellites in Push for Space Telecom

Canadian startup Kepler Communications Inc. launched 10 new low-Earth-orbit satellites via SpaceX, the latest step in its buildout of a network for fast telecommunications services from space.

Kepler’s satellites, each weighing about 300 kilograms (660 pounds), were deployed from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that took off from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base early Sunday morning.