The New Capella Space Satellite Generation: Acadia
Gordon Farquharson, Davide Castelletti, Shaunak De, Craig Stringham, Nestor Yague, Victor Cazcarra-Bes, Jisu Ryu, Yuriy Goncharenko
Abstract
Capella Space is the first US commercial company to build, launch, and operate a constellation of synthetic aperture radar satellites capable of collecting very high resolution SAR imagery. All satellites in the constellation carry an X-band radar capable of acquiring imagery in spotlight, sliding spotlight, and stripmap modes. In 2023, Capella will launch the first of a new generation of satellites names Acadia. These satellites will provide high quality imagery and lay the platform for advanced SAR data products, such as interferometric SAR and bistatic imagery.
Topics & Concepts
ConstellationRemote sensingSynthetic aperture radarSatelliteSpace-based radarComputer scienceRadar imagingBistatic radarSatellite constellationRadarGeologyAstronomyTelecommunicationsPhysicsSynthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Applications and TechniquesRemote-Sensing Image ClassificationGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping