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Sequoia

retired
Earth ObservationLEOCOSPAR 2020-060BLaunched 8/31/2020
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Mission & Launch
Launch Mission
I Can't Believe It's..
Launch Vehicle
Electron
Launch Date
8/31/2020
Last Contact
2/22/2023
Orbit & Mass
Orbit Class
LEO
Altitude
536.5 km
Inclination
45.1 deg
Dry Mass
90 kg
Total Mass
100 kg
Payload Classification
Mission Type
Earth Observation
Payload Category
IMG-R
Payload Class
B
Organizations
Operator
Capella Space
Manufacturer
Capella Space
Constellation
Name
Capella SAR
Active Satellites
9
Registry
COSPAR ID
2020-060B
UN Registration
ST/SG/SER.E/954
Track
Mentions
27
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Sequoia, Capella Space’s first operational satellite, is scheduled to launch in late March on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket alongside Argentina’s Saocom-1B synthetic aperture radar satellite.

PlanValue 4.0Jan 21, 2020Capella unveils radar satellite design

The first Capella satellite in the 2020 launches, named Sequoia, will launch from Cape Canaveral in March into a polar sun-synchronous orbit on a SpaceX rocket.

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Capability
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Dec 16, 2019
Capella Space to launch seven radar satellites in 2020 as it prepares for commercial operations

Sequoia will deliver 0.5-meter very high-resolution SAR data to the U.S. Air Force and to several additional international government and commercial customers.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Nov 21, 2019Capella wins Air Force small business contract

Capella Space has collected aerial SAR data produced according to its product specifications to create a high-resolution, hourly dataset for contribution to SpaceNet challenges ahead of Sequoia routine operations.

CapabilityPlanValue 3.0Aug 29, 2019Capella joins SpaceNet, shares first radar data with consortium

Capella Space plans to launch its first operational spacecraft, Sequoia, in early 2020.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Aug 29, 2019Capella joins SpaceNet, shares first radar data with consortium

Capella’s first operational satellite, Sequoia, is scheduled to launch in January 2020.

PlanValue 4.0Aug 6, 2019Capella plans to speed up tasking with Addvalue Data Relay

Capella Space plans to launch Sequoia, its first operational satellite, by the end of 2019.

PlanGrowthValue 4.2Jun 3, 2019Capella Space gets ready for primetime as constellation operator