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Capella Space

US
commercialFounded 2016
www.capellaspace.com
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Rocket Lab returned the Electron to flight on 2020-08-30 with the launch of a synthetic aperture radar satellite for Capella Space.

Mentioned as: Capella SpaceTechnical ProductOct 29, 2020Rocket Lab launches 10 imaging smallsats

Capella Space plans to provide 50-centimeter resolution Spot imagery as part of its higher-resolution offerings.

Mentioned as: capella spaceNarrative PlanOct 7, 2020Capella Space unveils first radar satellite images

Sequoia is the first of 36 Synthetic Aperture Radar satellites that Capella Space plans to deploy into a constellation.

Mentioned as: Capella SpaceOrg RelationshipOct 7, 2020Capella Space unveils first radar satellite images

Capella Space developed a fully American designed, built, and operated commercial SAR capability.

Mentioned as: capella spaceTechnical ProductOct 7, 2020America’s first commercial SAR – Capella Space

Sequoia, Capella Space’s first operational satellite, launched on 2023-08-30 on a Rocket Lab Electron rocket.

Mentioned as: Capella SpaceNarrative GeneralOct 7, 2020Capella Space unveils first radar satellite images

When Capella Space was started in 2016, several European providers were operating and building commercial synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and the United States had no commercial SAR operator.

Mentioned as: Capella SpaceNarrative GeneralOct 7, 2020America’s first commercial SAR – Capella Space

Capella Space unveiled images from the Sequoia satellite on 2023-10-06.

Mentioned as: capella spaceTechnical ProductOct 7, 2020Capella Space unveils first radar satellite images

Capella Space has raised more than $80,000,000 since its establishment in 2016.

Mentioned as: Capella SpaceTechnical ProductSep 24, 2020SAR Renaissance: Pandemic slows but doesn’t stop constellation progress

Capella Space launched Sequoia, its first operational synthetic aperture radar satellite, on 2020-08-30 on a Rocket Lab Electron.

Mentioned as: Capella SpaceOrg RelationshipSep 24, 2020SAR Renaissance: Pandemic slows but doesn’t stop constellation progress

Capella Space anticipated launching a total of seven satellites in 2020 but stopped publicizing launch plans months ahead of time after the COVID-19 pandemic slowed flights.

Mentioned as: Capella SpaceNarrative GeneralSep 24, 2020SAR Renaissance: Pandemic slows but doesn’t stop constellation progress

Capella Space plans to establish a constellation of 36 satellites to obtain synthetic aperture radar imagery with a resolution of 0.5 m updated within an hour.

Mentioned as: Capella SpaceOrg RelationshipSep 24, 2020SAR Renaissance: Pandemic slows but doesn’t stop constellation progress

First Light was launched as the kick stage of an Electron mission that placed Capella Space’s Sequoia radar imaging satellite into orbit on 2020-08-30.

Mentioned as: Capella SpaceOrg RelationshipSep 3, 2020Rocket Lab launches first Photon satellite

Sequoia is a 100-kilogram-class synthetic aperture radar satellite that follows Capella Space’s demonstration satellite Denali launched in late 2018.

Mentioned as: Capella SpaceOrg RelationshipAug 31, 2020Rocket Lab returns to flight with Capella Space launch

Capella Space previously planned to launch Sequoia as a secondary payload on the Falcon 9 launch of Argentina’s SAOCOM 1B in March 2020.

Mentioned as: capella spaceTechnical ProductAug 31, 2020Rocket Lab returns to flight with Capella Space launch

Rocket Lab successfully launched a radar imaging satellite for Capella Space on 2020-08-30.

Mentioned as: Capella SpaceOrg RelationshipAug 31, 2020Rocket Lab returns to flight with Capella Space launch

Capella Space’s Sequoia satellite was scheduled to launch no earlier than 2020-08-30 at 11:05 p.m. from Rocket Lab’s New Zealand launchpad.

Mentioned as: Capella SpaceOrg RelationshipAug 30, 2020SpaceX launches Argentine radar satellite, rideshare smallsats on Falcon 9 rocket

For its sixth challenge, SpaceNet created an open-source dataset that combined Capella Space synthetic aperture radar imagery with Maxar WorldView-2 electro-optical imagery and asked competitors to automatically identify building footprints.

Mentioned as: Capella SpaceNarrative GeneralAug 19, 2020SpaceNet launches new challenge with Planet dataset

Capella plans to launch its Whitney constellation satellites on rockets flown by Rocket Lab, SpaceX and other providers.

Mentioned as: Capella SpaceNarrative GeneralJun 25, 2020NGA signs research and development agreement with Capella

Capella Space is a San Francisco startup preparing to operate a constellation of synthetic aperture radar satellites.

Mentioned as: Capella SpaceTechnical ProductJun 25, 2020NGA signs research and development agreement with Capella

Capella doubled the size of its satellites and redesigned the reflector antenna for its Whitney constellation of seven satellites scheduled to begin launching 2020 on rockets flown by Rocket Lab, SpaceX and others.

Mentioned as: Capella SpaceNarrative GeneralJun 25, 2020NGA signs research and development agreement with Capella
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