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Capella Space

US
commercialFounded 2016
www.capellaspace.com
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Addvalue Innovation delivered its first commercial Inter-satellite Data Relay System (IDRS) terminal to Capella Space on 2019-10-22 at the International Astronautical Congress in Washington.

NARRATIVE GENERAL10/24/2019Capella orders more Addvalue data-relay terminals

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

NARRATIVE GROWTH8/29/2019Capella joins SpaceNet, shares first radar data with consortium

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

NARRATIVE GENERAL8/6/2019Capella plans to speed up tasking with Addvalue Data Relay

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

NARRATIVE GROWTH6/3/2019Capella Space gets ready for primetime as constellation operator

Capella Space has raised $51,000,000 in private funds.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL5/18/2019Thornberry bill would help venture-backed startups compete for DoD small business awards

Capella Space will incorporate Maxwell thrusters into satellites the company plans to launch later 2019.

NARRATIVE GROWTH1/31/2019Phase Four wins orders for smallsat electric thrusters

Capella raised $12,000,000 in 2017 through a Series A investment round led by Nabeel Hyatt of Spark Capital.

NARRATIVE FINANCIAL8/8/2018Capella’s first satellite launching this fall

Capella plans to launch six additional satellites into two orbital planes later in 2019 to offer customers a maximum revisit rate of six hours.

NARRATIVE GROWTH8/8/2018Capella’s first satellite launching this fall

Capella Space plans to build a constellation of the world’s smallest commercial radar satellites.

NARRATIVE GENERAL8/8/2018Capella’s first satellite launching this fall
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