Capella Space, a leading Earth observation company, unveiled several new capabilities planned for its next generation satellites, further expanding the company’s cutting-edge, premium data offerings. This new generation of Capella satellites, referred to as “Acadia” technology, will expand the existing Capella constellation to provide highest quality imagery, best ground-range resolution, and the fastest order-to-delivery speeds available from any commercial SAR provider.
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Capella’s Acadia generation of satellites will unlock improved, cutting-edge technology to further advance Capella’s industry-leading Earth-imaging offerings.
“Capella’s Acadia satellite technology is the result of our team’s drive to push the limits of SAR and our commitment to technology innovation,” said Payam Banazadeh, CEO and founder of Capella Space. “Since our first satellite launch, we’ve been paving the way to offer SAR data that is timely, reliable, accessible, and of industry-leading quality. Our new Acadia class of satellites will deliver even higher resolution and quality which will equip our customers worldwide with the tools and information they need to take problem-solving to the next level.”
The Capella Space constellation already provides industry-leading satellite capabilities, including a 10-minute payload duty cycle, which results in five times the imaging capacity per satellite than the leading competitor, and sufficient orbital diversity to allow customers to collect images more frequently, regardless of weather conditions. Capella is the first and only commercial Earth-observation company to enable the Inter-Satellite Data Relay System (IDRS), which allows customers to task a spacecraft in under 15 minutes for emergency or tip and cue operations. Additionally, Capella operates a fully-automated scheduling, downlink, and processing architecture and provides access through a self-service, user-driven tasking console.
The first of the Capella Acadia satellites is slated to launch in early 2023.
Capella Space is an information services company that provides on-demand, industry-leading, high-resolution synthetic aperture radar (SAR) Earth observation imagery. Through a constellation of small satellites, Capella provides easy access to frequent, timely, and flexible information affecting dozens of industries worldwide. Capella’s high-resolution SAR satellites are matched with unparalleled infrastructure to deliver reliable global insights that sharpen our understanding of the changing world – improving decisions about commerce, conservation, and security on Earth.