Mina Mitry

Mina Mitry is Co-Founder and CEO of Kepler Communications, a company delivering real-time optical connectivity, on-orbit computing, and hosted payload capabilities to space. Established in 2015, Kepler has quickly grown into a global space company and provides secure optical data relay services to government and commercial missions. Under Mina’s leadership, Kepler has raised over $300 million in funding. The company is vertically integrated, and designs, builds, tests, and operates its satellites in-house. Kepler has launched 33 satellites to date, with the first tranche of their optical constellation deployed in January 2026. The next-generation optical data relay network modernizes on-orbit communications for real-time streaming, advanced data processing directly in space, and hosted payload opportunities that fast-track the adoption of optical technology.