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 has been expanding its staff from about 60 full-time employees and 15 contractors.
Capella Space has raised more than $50,000,000 to date.
Capella Space has ordered 12 attitude control systems from Blue Canyon Technologies.
Capella Space launched the first small U.S. radar satellite, a technology demonstration called Denali, in December 2018.
Capella Space plans a constellation of 36 synthetic aperture radar satellites to obtain imagery with a resolution of 0.5 m and to revisit sites within the hour.
Capella Space is building a constellation of 36 radar satellites to scan any spot on the planet once every hour and identify objects like small vehicles in any weather conditions.
Capella Space submitted a bid earlier in 2020 for a Department of Defense Small Business Innovation Research contract.
Capella Space has raised $51,000,000 in private funds.
Capella Space plans to build a constellation of 36 40-kilogram satellites by 2022.
Capella Space was founded in 2016 out of a DoD-funded program called Hacking4Defense that is run at several major U.S. universities.
Capella Space’s SBIR bid was for a $50,000 study contract on how the company could provide the government data gathered by its radar satellites.
Capella Space will incorporate Maxwell thrusters into satellites the company plans to launch later 2019.
Capella Space has raised approximately $35,000,000 to date, including prior investments by Spark Capital and DCVC.
Capella Space will use the new funding to expand its business development team and product services.
Capella Space has received half of the $11,000,000 Defense Innovation Unit contract and expects the other half by the end of 2018.
Capella Space previously won an $11,000,000 contract from the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit.
Capella Space raised an additional $19,000,000 to fund continued development of its system.
Capella Space plans to build a constellation of the world’s smallest commercial radar satellites.
Capella plans to launch six additional satellites into two orbital planes later in 2019 to offer customers a maximum revisit rate of six hours.
Capella raised $12,000,000 in 2017 through a Series A investment round led by Nabeel Hyatt of Spark Capital.