Capella Space is an American space technology company and the first U.S. company to commercialize Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) technology. They design, manufacture, and operate a constellation of SAR satellites to provide high-resolution, all-weather Earth observation imagery and geospatial solutions for government and commercial customers. Capella's key products include SAR imagery with industry-leading resolution, and they partner with organizations like NASA, SkyWatch, LiveEO and Floodbase to deliver advanced analytics and data.
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NASA expanded its Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition Program in October 2023 by awarding contracts to seven companies for earth observation data and services.
Mega-constellations from ICEYE and Capella Space offer revisit times of less than one hour.
Transporter-16 includes payloads from K2 Space, Momentus, Varda, AAC Clyde Space, Space Norway, NuSat, Muon Space, Capella Space, Satlantis, Spire, PeakSat, and ICEYE.
ICEYE, Capella Space, Umbra, and Synspective have deployed high-revisit constellations of SAR small satellites.
ICEYE and Capella Space operate SAR satellites that create high-resolution ocean surface images regardless of light or weather conditions.
IonQ acquired Capella Space, a U.S. company with synthetic aperture radar assets.
Capella Space was sold to IonQ.
IonQ acquired Capella Space last year and plans to acquire optical communications company Skyloom Global.
Frank Backes is CEO of Capella Space.
PacGeo has partnerships with several imagery providers, including Airbus, Vantor, Planet, Capella Space, Satellogic, Pixxel, and Canada’s Wyvern.
IonQ acquired synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite company Capella Space earlier this year to integrate space into its quantum security offerings.
The UAE is in negotiations with Capella Space to supply synthetic aperture radar satellites for national use.
Capella Space lost six satellites in 2023 due to reentry occurring earlier than planned.
The higher solar activity during the current solar cycle increased atmospheric drag on Capella's satellites, shortening their lifetimes.
Capella Space's Whitney series of radar imaging satellites were designed based on underestimated SWPC predictions about solar activity.
Capella Space CEO Frank Backes expects the administration will not direct all business to SpaceX and will use SpaceX as a model for disrupting traditional programs.
The 19 HALO pool members are Airbus U.S. Space & Defense (Arlington, Virginia); Apex Technology, Inc. (Culver City, California); AST Space Mobile USA LLC (Midland, Texas); Astro Digital, U.S. Inc. (San Jose, California); Capella Space Corp. (San Francisco); CesiumAstro Inc. (Austin, Texas); Firefly Aerospace, Inc. (Cedar Park, Texas); Geneva Technologies Inc. (Monument, Colorado); Impulse Space, Inc. (Redondo Beach, California); Kepler Communications U.S. Inc. (Wilmington, Delaware); Kuiper Government Solutions (KGS) LLC (Arlington, Virginia); LeoStella LLC (Tukwila, Washington); Momentus Space (San Jose, California); Muon Space, Inc. (Mountain View, California); NovaWurks Inc. (Los Alamitos, California); Space Exploration Technologies Corps. (SpaceX) (Hawthorne, California); Turion Space Corp. (Irvine, California); Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Inc. (Irvine, California); and York Space Systems LLC (Denver).
Capella Space’s current satellites provide 600 MHz resolution and the company plans to upgrade to 1,200 MHz resolution.
The Space Development Agency signed a similar agreement in 2021 with Capella Space, another commercial synthetic aperture radar satellite operator.
The mission will deploy Capella Space’s Acadia-3 satellite to a mid-inclination 615 km circular Earth orbit.