Capella Space is an American space technology company founded in 2016. It designs, builds, and operates the first U.S. commercial constellation of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites. The company's system provides all-weather, day-and-night radar imagery with a resolution of sub-0.25 meters, enabling persistent monitoring regardless of cloud cover or lighting conditions.
The company's core technical domains include satellite design and manufacturing, synthetic aperture radar systems, and software for data delivery. This vertically integrated architecture is intended to facilitate rapid innovation and end-to-end security across its operations. Capella's constellation supports multiple daily revisit opportunities for key areas of interest.
Capella Space delivers its Earth observation data to customers across several sectors, including defense and intelligence, maritime awareness, disaster response, and infrastructure monitoring. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, with additional operations in Boulder County, Colorado, and Washington, D.C.
