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 American commercial SAR company that has designed, built, and now operates its satellites domestically.
Capella Space’s long-dwell Spot mode produces higher signal-to-noise imagery and reduced speckle compared with typical SAR imagery, enabling clearer images for visual analysis.
Capella Space vertically designed, built, and operates its SAR satellites with manufacturing facilities in California and Colorado.
Capella Space’s 0.5 m x 0.5 m Spot imagery delivers equal 0.5 m resolution in both ground range and azimuth.
Capella Space achieves 0.5 m x 0.5 m imagery by dwelling its satellites over a single area of interest for up to 60 seconds.
Capella Space’s 0.5 m x 0.5 m Spot imagery captured retired aircraft and their shadows at Roswell International Air Center in New Mexico with granular details such as cockpit, fuselage, wings, and engines.
Capella Space released radar satellite images on 2020-12-16 with a resolution of 0.5 m by 0.5 m.
Capella Space plans to upgrade and release higher-resolution imagery down to 0.25 m as regulations permit.
Sequoia is a 100-kilogram radar satellite developed by Capella Space.
Capella Space asserts that a 50-centimeter by 50-centimeter resolution is the highest resolution available from a commercial Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite operator.
Capella Space implemented automated satellite tasking through Inmarsat geostationary satellites and provides cloud-based data processing and data delivery through an API and a web application.
Capella Space has been working to establish a constellation of Synthetic Aperture Radar satellites to provide daily global imagery and data to government and commercial customers.
Capella Space successfully relayed data on 2020-11-23 between its on-ground operations center and its Sequoia synthetic aperture radar satellite in low Earth orbit.
Inmarsat and Addvalue Innovation relayed data on 2020-11-23 between Capella Space’s operations center on the ground and Capella Space’s Sequoia synthetic aperture radar satellite in low Earth orbit.
Capella Space used a geostationary satellite for real-time tasking during the IDRS demonstration.
Capella Space conducted the first commercial demonstration of the IDRS service on 2020-11-12 by sending tasking orders to its Sequoia satellite through the Inmarsat-4 L-band constellation in geostationary orbit.
Capella Space ordered six IDRS terminals under a contract announced at the 2019 International Astronautical Congress.
Rocket Lab returned the Electron to flight on 2020-08-30 with the launch of a synthetic aperture radar satellite for Capella Space.
Capella Space plans to provide 50-centimeter resolution Spot imagery as part of its higher-resolution offerings.
Sequoia is the first of 36 Synthetic Aperture Radar satellites that Capella Space plans to deploy into a constellation.