Next-Gen Satellite Technology
Capella's high-performance SAR satellites and advanced sensor technologies leverage modern innovations to deliver SAR data faster than ever. With a secure, automated, tasking and delivery system, customers can receive precise signals intelligence in just a couple of hours for reliable insights when they are needed most.
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Building for the Future
Capella Space delivers actionable Earth observation data to solve your most pressing challenges. Our in-house designed, built, and operated SAR satellite constellation provides 24/7/365 global insights to meet your mission-critical needs. Built from the ground up with cutting-edge technologies, our satellites are supported by an automated pipeline that enables you to task, collect, process, and receive data within hours—not days—empowering faster, more informed decisions across the planet.
High Satellite Revisit
Our focus on sun-synchronous (SSO) and mid-inclination (MIO) orbits enables global coverage with up to 3x capture capacity and diverse imaging times.
Leading Imaging Capacity
Our extended duty cycle delivers up to 10 minutes of imaging per orbit—enabling up to 5x the collection capacity of other SAR providers.
Rapid Tasking and Uplink
We use Inmarsat’s Inter-Satellite Data Relay System (IDRS) to ensure low-latency communications, enabling users to Task in under 15 minutes.
Reduced Latency Communications
We're the first commercial SAR provider to demonstrate Optical Inter-Satellite Links (OISL), compatible with U.S. Space Force and SDA-compliant transport layers.
We are Fully Integrated and Automated
We design, build, test, and operate the Capella Platform in-house to repeatedly deliver best-in-class data solutions.
We have End-to-End Expertise
We bring world-class talent and expertise across signals intelligence, engineering, and satellite operations to create reliable missions solutions.
We are Trusted & Secure
Capella uses encryption, threat detection, and 24/7 monitoring across the delivery system, serving the most sensitive missions.
Sensor Technology
Capella’s Hawk sensor system was designed in-house, delivering advanced signals intelligence 24/7, day or night. For each mission we bring our in-house team of signals and engineering experts to understand customers' requirements and develop solutions built for mission success.
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Custom Mission Solutions
We bring together top experts in SAR, signal payloads, and satellite engineering to solve the toughest challenges. Our purpose-built, adaptable sensor platform is designed to meet the unique needs of every mission.
We rapidly design, assemble, and deliver mission-ready subsystems—because when missions demand the best, we deliver. Capella can produce satellites from design-to-launch in less than 18 months.
Expertise and Diligence
The Capella team consists of seasoned experts in automation, electrical engineering, signals intelligence, satellite operations, manufacturing, and solutions engineering. We leverage Capella's Technology Readiness Level 9 platform to develop custom mission solutions.
- PhDs specializing in sensor technology and radar science
- Experts in using sensor technology to train AI engines
- Software automation developers streamlining operations
- Systems architects optimizing end-to-end mission solutions
- Flight proven with satellites on orbit since 2018
Tasking at Your Fingertips
Capella Space’s Tasking, Collection, Processing, Exploitation, Dissemination (TCPED) system offers a fully automated, end-to-end solution for real-time insights. With a streamlined, cloud-based platform, users can rapidly task, collect, process, exploit, and disseminate data—delivering swift, reliable responses to global events.
Trusted for diverse operations across industry sectors like emergency response and pattern-of-life analysis, our TCPED ensures secure, rapid data access for confident decision-making.
Automated Tasking
Capella puts the power of tasking directly into customers’ hands. Our fully-automated scheduling system empowers users to submit new imaging requests through an on-demand self-service experience, making SAR data more accessible, timely, and secure.
- New requests processed <15 minutes
- Responsive feasibility analysis
- Real-time order status updates
- Fully-automated data processing
API First
Programmatically search, download, and integrate SAR data into your workflow using the Capella API. Our RESTful endpoints deliver imagery directly to your cloud, delivering seamless automation of workflows and multi-source analytics. Designed for top-tier security and privacy, our platform ensures interactions are confidential and anonymized.
- Programmatically search, data access, and delivery of high-quality data.
- Integrate with online platforms, enterprise systems and government architectures.
- Combine with other sources of GEOINT to quickly derive information, extract insights, and understand patterns of life.
- End-to-end encryption based on U.S. NIST 800-171 requirements.
Security You Can Trust
Capella’s state-of-the-art cloud-based operations, data processing, and delivery are safeguarded with advanced encryption, threat detection, and 24/7 monitoring. Independent validation and external audits of our manufacturing, systems, and operations ensure we stay ahead of security challenges, building trust and confidence for our customers.
Command Encryption
Satellite system commands are encrypted within the AWS GovCloud FedRAMP High Authorized Environment pior to transmission to global ground stations and remain encrypted through uplink to Capella’s SAR satellite constellation.
Data Protection
Payload and telemetry data are encrypted throughout downlink to ground stations and remain cryptographically secure throughout processing and at rest. Customer tasking is private, the platform isolates customer use of the platform.
Flexible Cloud Integration
Once ready for processing, data is decrypted within AWS GovCloud or within a customer’s cloud environment, ensuring flexibility and security for operational needs.
Our Commitment to Excellence
Capella Space is committed to protecting our customer’s data and is working toward demonstrating our cybersecurity maturity by obtaining the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Level 2, authorizing Capella Space to process US Government Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI).
What is CMMC?
CMMC is a Department of Defense assessment framework and assessor certification program aimed at validating a contractor’s compliance with the 110 security controls identified in the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication 800-171. NIST 800-171 evaluates an organization’s maturity in managing their cybersecurity program to ensure sufficient controls are in place to protect Federal Contract Information (FCI) and CUI.
