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 raised $97,000,000 in a Series C financing round led by NightDragon with significant participation from DCVC and Cota Capital.
Capella Space plans to use the Series C funding to expand its offerings and provide 24-7 access to frequent, timely, and high-quality satellite analytics and imagery products.
Capella Space will use the Series C funding to expand its AI-enabled geospatial analytics and imaging offerings for its satellite sensors.
Capella Space unveiled three products on 2022-04-14 named Vessel Detection, Change Detection, and Global Change Monitoring to automate SAR satellite tasking.
Capella’s Global Change Monitoring product is created by the Capella Console ingesting SAR data from the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-1 program.
Capella’s online platform, the Capella Console, allows customers to task the constellation of SAR satellites to acquire imagery with 50-centimeter resolution.
Capella Space unveiled three products on 2022-04-14 that automate tasking of its constellation of synthetic aperture radar satellites.
The European Space Agency operates the Sentinel-1 SAR satellite program whose data Capella ingests for regional change detection.
Capella plans to offer the Change Detection product by the end of May.
Capella Space, Iceye, PredaSAR, and Umbra are among the companies actively developing and launching SAR constellations.
Capella Space is working directly with the U.S. and Ukrainian governments as well as other commercial entities to provide timely data and assistance related to the conflict in Ukraine.
Capella Space captured synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) imagery of the airfield at Rodnykivka at coordinates 48.7932 N, 30.2086 E on 2025-02-26 at 10:05 UTC.
Under the contract, Capella Space will deliver sample synthetic aperture radar imagery to the National Reconnaissance Office.
Under the contract, Capella Space will provide synthetic aperture radar data modeling and simulation for the National Reconnaissance Office.
Capella Space intends to work with the National Reconnaissance Office to expand its reach into additional U.S. government customers.
Capella Space operates a constellation of seven synthetic aperture radar satellites and was the first U.S. commercial SAR operator.
The National Reconnaissance Office signed study agreements on 2022-01-20 with Airbus U.S., Capella Space, Iceye U.S., PredaSAR, and Umbra.
Capella Space signed a 2019 agreement with the NRO to study integration of SAR imagery into the agency’s national ground architecture.
In December 2019, Capella Space signed a contract with the National Reconnaissance Office to study integration of Capella Space’s SAR imagery into the NRO’s national ground architecture.
Under the contract with the National Reconnaissance Office, Capella Space will provide SAR data modeling and simulation, end-to-end regional imagery responsiveness demonstrations, theater downlink demonstrations, and sample imagery delivery.