Capella Space VHR SAR Constellation: Advanced Tasking Patterns and Future Capabilities

Capella's first commercial Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite was launched in August 2020. After more than one year of successful operations, Capella plans a continuous growth of both number of satellites and satellite capabilities. New tasking patterns allow the collection of pairs and time series of very high resolution (VHR) SAR images. A novel repeat tasking request pattern will enable SAR applications such as change detection and the exploitation of interferometric SAR (InSAR) techniques. The combination of on-board GPUs and dedicated on-board processing algorithms will be used for rapid target detection and minimized satellite downlink. On-board processing, applicable in many quasi real-time operational scenarios, can also be used for tipping and cueing other satellites to immediately capture a high resolution imagery. Finally, Capella Space Open Data program started in 2021 with new images added each quarter.