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Capella Space

US
commercialFounded 2016
www.capellaspace.com
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In April, Capella Space raised $97,000,000 in a Series C funding round led by NightDragon.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL8/10/2022Capella unveils a new generation of radar satellites

Capella Space raised $97,000,000 in a Series C investment round led by NightDragon announced 2022-04-25.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL4/25/2022Capella raises $97 million to expand radar constellation

Capella Space raised $97,000,000 in a Series C financing round led by NightDragon with significant participation from DCVC and Cota Capital.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL4/25/2022Capella Space’s $97M Funding Will Expand AI-Enabled Geospatial Data Offerings

Capella Space offers the highest SAR resolution.

NARRATIVE GENERAL10/8/2021NGA plans annual survey of international Earth imagery leaders

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

NARRATIVE GROWTH5/10/2021New partnership boosts access to high-quality satellite images

Capella Space is the first American commercial SAR provider and the first commercial company to provide 0.5 m resolution SAR imagery.

NARRATIVE GENERAL3/19/2021Capella Space releases the Spotlight images from its Capella-3 and Capella-4 satellites

Capella Space asserts that a 50-centimeter by 50-centimeter resolution is the highest resolution available from a commercial Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite operator.

NARRATIVE GENERAL12/16/2020Capella Space releases high-resolution Spotlight imagery

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.

NARRATIVE GENERAL11/23/2020Capella sends first task order through Inmarsat data relay

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

NARRATIVE GENERAL10/7/2020Capella 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.

NARRATIVE GROWTH10/7/2020Capella Space unveils first radar satellite images

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

NARRATIVE GENERAL9/24/2020SAR Renaissance: Pandemic slows but doesn’t stop constellation progress

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

TECHNICAL PRODUCT8/31/2020Rocket Lab returns to flight with Capella Space launch

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

NARRATIVE GROWTH6/25/2020NGA signs research and development agreement with Capella

Capella's first operational satellite, Sequoia, is scheduled to launch into sun-synchronous orbit in late March alongside Saocom 1B on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral.

NARRATIVE GENERAL3/5/2020Rocket Lab to send Capella radar satellite to mid-inclination orbit

Capella plans to launch its first seven operational satellites in 2020.

NARRATIVE GROWTH3/5/2020Rocket Lab to send Capella radar satellite to mid-inclination orbit

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.

NARRATIVE GENERAL1/21/2020Capella unveils radar satellite design

Capella Space plans to launch three additional radar satellites in mid-2020 and three more by the end of 2020.

NARRATIVE GROWTH1/21/2020Capella unveils radar satellite design

Capella Space plans to launch between six and 12 satellites per year.

NARRATIVE GROWTH12/16/2019Capella Space to launch seven radar satellites in 2020 as it prepares for commercial operations

Capella Space planned to begin offering imagery and data from its first commercial SAR satellite scheduled to launch in the first quarter of 2020.

NARRATIVE GENERAL12/5/2019Capella Space announces first in a series of global partnerships

Capella Space plans to launch a constellation of 36 synthetic aperture radar satellites to provide frequently updated global imagery.

NARRATIVE GROWTH11/21/2019Capella wins Air Force small business contract
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