Capella Space

Capella space is a united states space company founded by payam banazadeh a former engineer at jet propulsion laboratory of nasa and william walter woods that aims to create capabilities for hourly reliable and persistent imagery of anywhere on the globe.

Capella space. The challenge of feeding the world is beset on all sides by unpredictability. Capella space is a new kind of company with a bold purpose. We believe the space based technologies we re building today will better commerce conservation and the well being of all people through the 21st century and beyond. People matter at capella.

At a resolution of about 2 meters or 6 6 feet the radar images are sharp enough to show boats wakes and waves on water surfaces along with human made patterns in agricultural zones. Capella space why use sar for earth observation. Most of all we are energized to work together and with our customers to fulfill our promise as individuals and a team and to fulfill the original promise of space. To improve lives here on earth for everyone now and for the future.

Sar stands for synthetic aperture radar. Sar can see through clouds in all weather conditions and even at night making it enormously useful for a wide variety of use cases including persistent monitoring of facilities for defense and intelligence verifying damage claims for insurance detection of illegal activities for maritime mapping natural disaster damage for. Capella s constellation of small but powerful satellites employ space based radar beaming through darkness and cloud cover to gather the information you need to make informed decisions. Capella based in san francisco described the views from sequoia as the america s first commercial sar synthetic aperture radar images from space.

Today growers can access capella information created specifically for their needs to assess viability and yield of their. Nasa has been using it since the 1970s to detect sub meter changes to the earth s surface stunningly through clouds smoke fog and darkness. Capella space is now taking sar a step further enabling hourly sar global coverage for government and commerce. Decades of experience in aerospace and technology have taught us that true innovation requires fresh eyes open minds and arms locked in collective determination.