Capella Space

Very high resolution 50 cm SAR satellite imagery, acquired worldwide with a revisit rate of 5 times a day. The collection contains data from 2020 to the present.


Overview

Capella Space imagery is acquired by seven very high and high resolution radar satellites on an intraday basis anywhere on the globe. The datasets are available starting from 2020. See more on the marketplace.

This collection provides the following processing levels:

  • Single Look Complex (SLC)
  • Geocoded Ellipsoid Corrected (GEC)
  • Geocoded Terrain Corrected (GEO)
  • Sensor Independent Complex Data (SICD)
Capella Space GEO image
Capella Space GEO image

Geographic coverage

The geographic coverage is global.

Geometry type

This collection accepts AOIs. You will get full scenes intersecting the defined AOI.

Specifications

General

SpecificationDescription
Collection typeTasking
Catalog
Product typeSAR
System typeSatellite

Data

SpecificationDescription
Azimuth resolutionSpotlight: 50 cm (very high)
Sliding Spotlight: 1 m (high)
Stripmap: 1.20 m (high)
Ground range resolutionSpotlight: from 40 cm to 70 cm (very high)
Sliding Spotlight: from 70 cm to 1.20 m (high)
Stripmap: from 1.10 m to 1.60 m (high)
Processing levelSLC: single-looked, slant plane range-doppler geometry
GEC: multi-looked, geocoded, and projected onto the WGS84 ellipsoid
GEO: multi-looked, geocoded, and terrain-corrected using elevation models
SICD: single-looked, slant plane range-doppler geometry

The ordered tasking data will include SLC, GEC, GEO, and SICD products.
Bit depth per pixelSLC: 16-bit
GEC: 32-bit
GEO: 32-bit
SICD: 16-bit
Standard deliveryA ZIP file containing the following files:
  • Data (SLC, GEC, GEO: GeoTIFF; SICD: NITF)
  • Metadata (JSON)
  • Visuals (GeoTIFF)
  • Thumbnails (PNG)

System

SpecificationDescription
Imaging modeSpotlight
Sliding Spotlight
Stripmap
Incidence angleFrom 15° to 50° (mode dependent)
Slant range resolutionSpotlight: 30 cm (very high)
Sliding Spotlight: 50 cm (very high)
Stripmap: from 75 cm (high)
PolarizationSingle: HH, VV
Radar signal informationSLC: amplitude, phase
GEC: amplitude
GEO: amplitude
SICD: amplitude, phase
Revisit rate5 revisits a day

Band

SpecificationDescription
Frequency bandX-band: 9.4–9.9 GHz

Geographic reference

SpecificationDescription
Coordinate reference systemSLC: EPSG:4326
GEC: UTM-WGS84
GEO: UTM-WGS84
SICD: EPSG:4326

Limitations

Tasking limitations

LimitationValue
Scene sizeSpotlight: 5×5 km
Sliding Spotlight: from 5×10 km to 5×50 km
Stripmap: from 5×20 km to 5×200 km

Catalog limitations

LimitationValue
AvailabilityFrom 2020
Scene sizeSpotlight: 5×5 km
Sliding Spotlight: from 5×10 km to 5×50 km
Stripmap: from 5×20 km to 5×200 km

UP42 data products

Tasking data products

DescriptionData product IDCollection name
Custom83e21b35-e431-43a0-a1c4-22a6ad313911capella-tasking

Catalog data products

DescriptionData product IDCollection name
SLC1f2b0d7f-d3e2-4b3d-96b7-e7c184df7952capella-slc
GEC96072809-d820-4cf9-86dd-d3bff3337c35capella-gec
GEOd66facaa-533f-49a2-849a-c2910ac9dd31capella-geo
SICD8b0aed07-c565-4bf9-b719-401e692de4a6capella-sicd

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