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Capella Space
Satellite Operator · United States · Founded 2016 · capellaspace.com
Capella Space is an American space company. It is developing space-based radar Earth observation satellites equipped with synthetic-aperture radar that can penetrate clouds and work at night.
Headquarters
United States
Ownership
Subsidiary
CEO
Payam Banazadeh
Founded
2016
Satellites in Orbit
9
19 operated all time
Satellites Built
19
9 still in orbit
Government Awards
$3.7M
5 awards tracked
Products & Capabilities
SAR imagerySynthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
Satellites Launched per Year
Fleet in Orbit
- Capella 202026-03-30 · LEO · Built & operated
- Capella 182026-01-11 · LEO · Built & operated
- Capella 192026-01-11 · LEO · Built & operated
- Capella 162025-08-26 · LEO · Built & operated
- Capella 172025-06-23 · LEO · Built & operated
Constellation
- CapellaRadar imaging · Deploying11 activeNo public target
Government Awards
Buyers
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration$3.7M
Largest awards
- Commercial smallsat data acquisition (CSDA) program - High resolution synthetic aperture radar (S…National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 2023-06-30$1.5M
- CSDA Program - SAR Task OrderNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · 2026-09-29$913K
- Commercial satellite data acquisition (CSDA) program. Task order for synthetic aperture radar tas…National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 2025-09-26$808K
- CSDA Program: Capella Evaluation TaskNational Aeronautics and Space Administration · 2024-09-29$287K
- Commercial satellite data acquisition (CSDA) program. Task order for disaster response satellite …National Aeronautics and Space Administration · 2025-11-25$209K
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Data Sources for This Record
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