Capella Space

Capella based in san francisco described the views from sequoia as the america s first commercial sar synthetic aperture radar images from space.

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. Today growers can access capella information created specifically for their needs to assess viability and yield of their. 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. Capella space why use sar for earth observation.

Capella space is now taking sar a step further enabling hourly sar global coverage for government and commerce. 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. 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.

To improve lives here on earth for everyone now and for the future. The challenge of feeding the world is beset on all sides by unpredictability. 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.

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. 438 shotwell street san francisco ca 94110. By detecting early indications of stress from space you can muster resources more frugally and maintain infrastructure more cost effectively.

Sar stands for synthetic aperture radar.