ÅAC Clyde, the company being formed by Sweden’s ÅAC Microtec and Scotland’s Clyde Space, will build a six-unit cubesat for Kepler Communications' machine-to-machine communications constellation. This is an image of one of Kepler's three-unit cubesats also built by ÅAC Clyde. Credit: ÅAC Clyde

CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated the launch dates for satellites in the constellation and the value of the contract, which the companies declined to disclose.

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Debra Werner is a correspondent for SpaceNews based in San Francisco. Debra earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master’s degree in Journalism from Northwestern University. She is a recipient...