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Capella Space

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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.

commercialFounded 2016
San Francisco, California, United States
www.capellaspace.com
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Capella launched a SAR satellite on the Transporter-2 mission.

PlanCapabilityValue 3.8Jun 30, 2021UPDATE: The SpaceX Transporter-2 Mission Launches Without A Hitch

Capella Space launched its fourth synthetic aperture radar satellite on 2021-06-30 on the SpaceX Transporter-2 rideshare flight carrying a Maxwell electric thruster manufactured by Phase Four.

PlanCapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.0Jun 30, 2021Capella Space and Phase Four reveal Maxwell Engine performance

Capella Space is building a constellation of synthetic aperture radar imaging satellites capable of imaging through clouds and darkness.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0Jun 21, 2021Capella Space receives a $3M research contract from US SDA

Capella Space received a $3,000,000 research contract in support of the Space Development Agency’s National Defense Space Architecture.

RelationshipsFinancialValue 5.0Jun 21, 2021Capella Space receives a $3M research contract from US SDA

Capella Space received a $3,000,000 research contract from the Space Development Agency on 2021-06-14.

RelationshipsFinancialValue 4.5Jun 17, 2021Capella Space wins research contract from U.S. Space Development Agency

Capella Space is building a constellation of synthetic aperture radar imaging satellites that can image through clouds and darkness.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.2Jun 17, 2021Capella Space wins research contract from U.S. Space Development Agency

Capella Space won a Department of Defense contract last year to provide airborne synthetic aperture radar data to the U.S. Navy.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 4.0Jun 17, 2021Capella Space wins research contract from U.S. Space Development Agency

Phase Four announced orders in 2019 from Capella Space and Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems.

RelationshipsValue 3.8Jun 11, 2021Phase Four raises $26 million

Capella Space launched commercial operations six months ago and provides what it describes as the market’s highest-resolution commercial SAR imagery.

CapabilityGrowthValue 3.3Jun 10, 2021Capella announces two new SAR data products

Capella Space has worked with over 70 international channel partners to serve imagery to government and commercial organizations.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 2.8Jun 10, 2021Capella announces two new SAR data products

Capella Space is expanding its SAR data offering to include Geocoded Ellipsoid Corrected (GEC) and Sensor Independent Complex Data (SICD) products.

CapabilityGrowthValue 4.0Jun 10, 2021Capella announces two new SAR data products

Capella Space provides SAR imagery to customers 24/7 in all weather conditions.

CapabilityValue 4.0Jun 10, 2021Capella announces two new SAR data products

One rideshare payload on the 2021-05-15 flight was the latest synthetic aperture radar imaging satellite for Capella Space.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0May 15, 2021SpaceX launches Starlink satellites and rideshare payloads

Capella Space launched two other synthetic aperture radar satellites on Transporter-1, a SpaceX Falcon 9 dedicated rideshare mission in January.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0May 15, 2021SpaceX launches Starlink satellites and rideshare payloads

Capella Space has three commercial satellites in orbit and plans to launch four more 2021.

PlanGrowthValue 4.0May 10, 2021New partnership boosts access to high-quality satellite images

Capella Space provides high-quality, high-speed Earth observation data on demand through a self-serve online platform.

CapabilityGeneralValue 2.0May 10, 2021New partnership boosts access to high-quality satellite images

Geoplex partnered with Capella Space to broaden the use of high-quality SAR imagery in Australia.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0May 10, 2021New partnership boosts access to high-quality satellite images

Capella Space launched its commercial operations in January 2021.

PlanGeneralValue 2.8May 10, 2021New partnership boosts access to high-quality satellite images

Geoplex partnered with Capella Space to offer clients the highest-resolution synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery that is commercially available.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0May 10, 2021New partnership boosts access to high-quality satellite images

Capella Space has provided services to government and commercial customers with high-quality data delivered at increasingly higher revisit speeds.

CapabilityGeneralValue 2.4May 10, 2021New partnership boosts access to high-quality satellite images
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