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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Capella Space is an information services company that provides on-demand, high-resolution synthetic aperture radar Earth observation imagery.
Capella Space operates a constellation of small satellites to provide frequent, timely, and flexible Earth observation information.
Users selected under the Data Grant tier receive tasking capabilities within the Capella Console to acquire imagery of specified areas of interest.
Imagery collected by Capella’s satellites is downlinked during the satellite’s next pass over a ground station and delivered to customers via API or the Capella Console with no human in the loop.
Capella Space operates seven synthetic aperture radar satellites in low Earth orbit.
Commercial radar imagery from Capella Space, Umbra, and Iceye has been in high demand for its ability to penetrate cloud cover over Ukraine.
Capella Space provides in-theater imaging support to the Government of Ukraine and supports humanitarian efforts to provide meaningful assistance to civilians impacted by the conflict.
Capella Space and Iceye were among five companies with which the National Reconnaissance Office signed agreements in the prior year to tap into the commercial market for synthetic aperture radar data from satellites.
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is using commercial radar data from Capella Space and Iceye.
Capella Space is operating a seven-satellite synthetic aperture radar constellation.
Capella Space has provided extensive synthetic aperture radar data to U.S. government agencies.
The National Reconnaissance Office issued a Broad Agency Announcement to survey commercial synthetic aperture radar capabilities and awarded contracts in January to Airbus U.S., Capella, Iceye U.S., PredaSAR, and Umbra to evaluate commercial SAR capabilities.
Capella Space has additional satellites ready to launch across 2022 and 2023.
Capella Space deploys synthetic aperture radar (SAR) sensors across seven satellites currently in orbit.
Capella Space completed a $97,000,000 Series C financing round led by NightDragon.
Capella Space raised $97,000,000 in a Series C investment round led by NightDragon announced 2022-04-25.
Since its founding in 2016, Capella Space has raised a total of $190,000,000.
Capella Space will expand its staff to meet growing demand for synthetic aperture radar imagery and data.
Capella Space deploys synthetic aperture radar sensors across seven satellites currently in orbit.
Capella Space has additional satellites ready to launch across 2022 and 2023.