The Rise of Navneet Singh’s Kepler Aerospace: Building India’s New Space Backbone
Navneet Singh, founder and CEO of Kepler Aerospace, is quietly building India’s new space backbone through small satellites and space-grade components. Founded in the mid-2010s, Kepler focuses on the less visible aspects of modern space missions, such as reliable small satellites, precision parts, and custom electronics. Under Singh’s leadership, Kepler has positioned itself as a critical partner in India’s strategic space ecosystem, focusing on in-house development and investing heavily in materials R&D. The company is working on building an integrated ecosystem, including satellites, ground control infrastructure, and AI-powered analytics platforms, with clients including defense agencies, universities, and startups. Kepler’s quiet evolution has earned it a powerful reputation, enabling India’s space economy to scale, secure, and self-rely.
- Aerospace Engineering
- AI-powered analytics
- Civilian innovation
- Customizable systems
- Defense-grade engineering
- DRDO
- Ground station systems
- Indigenous satellite platforms
- ISRO
- Kepler Aerospace
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Materials R&D
- Materials science
- Modular technology
- National security
- Navneet Singh
- Private space sector
- Proprietary satellite platform
- Radiation-hardened electronics
- Research institutions
- Satellite Components
- Satellite fleet services
- Satellite technology
- Scalable solutions
- Small Satellites
- Space-grade components
- Strategic space ecosystem
- Systems design
- Technical independence
Space-Based Solar: Meeting Future Energy Demands (Space Tech)
Experts predict that the US may fall behind China in developing space-based solar power (SBSP), a crucial component for global energy needs. By 2050, modernizing the power grid requires a $21.4 trillion investment, with $17.3 trillion needed to meet new energy demands. SBSP collects solar power in space using satellites and beams it back to Earth, potentially producing five to six times more energy than ground-based panels.
- Air Force Research Laboratory
- Coal plant retirements
- Disaster recovery
- Economic feasibility study.
- Energy independence
- Energy market opportunity
- ESA (European Space Agency)
- Global energy needs
- Grid reliability
- Infrared laser transmission
- Investment
- Legislative milestones
- Microwave transmission
- NASA-DOE Interagency Coordination Bill
- National security
- Nuclear power capacity
- Portable receiver stations
- Power beaming systems
- Power grid modernization
- Renewable energy
- Solar power satellites
- Solaris project
- Space Solar Power (SSP)
- Space-Based Solar Power (SBSP)
- Technical feasibility study