Defense Tech BaseCapella operates a commercial SAR satellite constellation and delivers high-resolution Earth observation data for defense, government, and commercial users.
At a glance
- Location
- San Francisco, California, United States
- Capabilities
- Sensing & intelligence
- Markets
- Defense, National security
- Radar imagery
- Its synthetic-aperture radar constellation supports all-weather Earth observation and automated tasking.
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What federal contract awards are matched to Capella Space?
Defense Tech Base tracks 10 matched federal contract awards across 1 company in this selection, with $16.7M in reported award amounts, dated Jun 14, 2021–Sep 29, 2026.
Reported award amounts are not necessarily money spent or company revenue. These matched records do not establish the company’s complete contract history.
SBIR/STTR awards
Defense Tech Base tracks 7 matched SBIR/STTR awards across 1 company in this selection, with $14.5M in reported award amounts, dated Aug 02, 2019–Jul 29, 2024.
- Synthetic Aperture Radar for Government Operations (SARGO)$10.0M · SBIR Phase II · Jul 29, 2024
- U.S. Commercial SAR Scatterometry for OSVW and TCI Data Collection$1.7M · SBIR Phase II · Feb 2, 2024
- U.S. Commercial SAR Scatterometry for OSVW and TCI Data Collection$250K · SBIR Phase I · Sep 21, 2022
- Integrated Space & Airborne ISR$1.7M · SBIR Phase II · Aug 19, 2021
- Integrated Space and Air Surveillance Architecture Using U.S. Commercial Space SAR$50K · SBIR Phase I · Apr 15, 2021
Federal activity
Recent contract awards
View all- Matched awards
- 10
- Reported award value
- $16,721,254
- Latest award
- Sep 29, 2026
Agencies in matched awards
These are the most frequent awarding agencies in the records matched to this company, by award count.
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration 6 awards
- Department of Defense 4 awards
Largest matched awards
Largest reported award amounts in this dataset. These amounts do not necessarily represent money spent or revenue received.
- SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR FOR GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS (SARGO)$10.0M · Department of Defense · Jul 29, 2024
- CAPELLA SPACE CORPORATION U.S. COMMERCIAL SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR (SAR) OPTICAL INTER-SATELLITE LINK …$3.0M · Department of Defense · Jun 14, 2021
- COMMERCIAL SMALLSAT DATA ACQUISITION (CSDA) PROGRAM - HIGH RESOLUTION SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR …$1.5M · National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Jun 30, 2023
Most recent matched awards
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
CSDA PROGRAM - SAR TASK ORDER
Department of Defense
SCALABLE HOMELAND INNOVATIVE ENTERPRISE LAYERED DEFENSE (SHIELD) INITIAL ORDER.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
COMMERCIAL SATELLITE DATA ACQUISITION (CSDA) PROGRAM. TASK ORDER FOR DISASTER RESPONSE SATELLITE DATA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
COMMERCIAL SATELLITE DATA ACQUISITION (CSDA) PROGRAM. TASK ORDER FOR SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR TASKING DATA.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
CSDA PROGRAM: CAPELLA EVALUATION TASK