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Capella Space has been a leading player in the synthetic aperture radar (SAR) market since we were founded in 2016, quickly growing into a world leader of high-quality, 24/7 all-weather imaging. Capella was first in the market to deliver very high-resolution, long-dwell imagery products through a fully automated, self-service platform.
Capella’s mission to enable a richer understanding of our planet in entirely new and powerful ways is driven by a culture of rapid iteration and innovation that consistently pushes the boundaries of our technology.
August 2019
Capella begins using Inter-satellite Data Relay System (IDRS) via Inmarsat’s satellite comms network
Capella is the first SAR provider to leverage Inmarsat’s satellite communications network to offer real-time tasking capabilities, dramatically reducing the time required to order and deliver high-resolution imagery from anywhere in the world
December 2020
Introducing multi-look, long dwell spotlight imagery
Capella introduces spotlight imagery with 30-second dwell and multi-look processing for more precise, high-resolution object detection and classification
April 2020
First to rollout fully automated tasking and scheduling
Capella introduces a new platform with zero human-in-the-loop tasking, and an API to enable dynamic tip-and-cue capabilities for responsive intelligence gathering
November 2021
First SAR provider to work with SDA to demonstrate Optical Inter-Satellite Link (OISL) compatibility with U.S. NDSA requirements
Capella announces agreement to work with SDA to demonstrate OISL compatibility with U.S. NDSA requirements to enable high delivery speeds and direct access to U.S. Government customers
June 2022
Introducing Colorized Sub-aperture Imagery (CSI)
Using long-dwell spotlight data, Capella is able to stack multiple sub-apertures (independent, very-high-resolution looks) to visualize changes in geometry over the duration of a collect, including motions of any objects in the image
FEBRUARY 2023
World premiere of VideoSAR
Capella leverages its long-dwell collect capability to produce a SAR video, showing the motion of objects through time
MARCH 2023
Collecting sliding spotlight at 4x coverage, double the resolution
Capella collects a 20 km x 10 km sliding spotlight image at 0.5 meter resolution, demonstrating the capability to effectively double the resolution of Capella’s existing sliding spotlight product
April 2023
Demonstrating bistatic imaging
Capella demonstrates a bistatic SAR collect used to improve object imaging, to avoid interference from radar jamming, and to implement moving target indication and interferometry techniques
