Pioneering Innovation

Capella was first in the market to deliver very high-resolution, long-dwell imagery products through a fully automated, self-service platform. Capella Space unlocks actionable Earth insights anytime, in any weather, with advanced SAR satellites providing global transparency for our evolving planet.

Capella Space SAR Image
August 2019

Capella Begins Using Inter-satellite Data Relay System (IDRS)

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.

August 2019
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 gatherin.

April 2020
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.

December 2020
June 2021

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.

June 2021
November 2021

First SAR Provider to Demonstrate OISL Compatibility with U.S. NDSA Standards

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.

November 2021
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.

March 2023
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.

April 2023
December 2023

World Premiere of VideoSAR

Capella leverages its long-dwell collect capability to produce a SAR video, showing the motion of objects through time.

December 2023
August 2024

Automating Satellite Commissioning

Just 14 hours after launch, Capella successfully completes automated primary commissioning of Capella-13.

August 2024
Capella Space SAR image of Spotlight Imagery Mode of port near city