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)

Geographic coverage
The geographic coverage is global.
Geometry type
This collection accepts AOIs. You will get full scenes intersecting the defined AOI.
Specifications
General
Specification | Description |
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Collection type | Tasking Catalog |
Product type | SAR |
System type | Satellite |
Data
Specification | Description |
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Azimuth resolution | Spotlight: 50 cm (very high) Sliding Spotlight: 1 m (high) Stripmap: 1.20 m (high) |
Ground range resolution | Spotlight: 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 level | SLC: 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 pixel | SLC: 16-bit GEC: 32-bit GEO: 32-bit SICD: 16-bit |
Standard delivery | A ZIP file containing the following files:
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System
Specification | Description |
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Imaging mode | Spotlight Sliding Spotlight Stripmap |
Incidence angle | From 15° to 50° (mode dependent) |
Slant range resolution | Spotlight: 30 cm (very high) Sliding Spotlight: 50 cm (very high) Stripmap: from 75 cm (high) |
Polarization | Single: HH, VV |
Radar signal information | SLC: amplitude, phase GEC: amplitude GEO: amplitude SICD: amplitude, phase |
Revisit rate | 5 revisits a day |
Band
Specification | Description |
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Frequency band | X-band: 9.4–9.9 GHz |
Geographic reference
Specification | Description |
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Coordinate reference system | SLC: EPSG:4326 GEC: UTM-WGS84 GEO: UTM-WGS84 SICD: EPSG:4326 |
Limitations
Tasking limitations
Limitation | Value |
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Scene size | Spotlight: 5×5 km Sliding Spotlight: from 5×10 km to 5×50 km Stripmap: from 5×20 km to 5×200 km |
Catalog limitations
Limitation | Value |
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Availability | From 2020 |
Scene size | Spotlight: 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
Description | Data product ID | Collection name |
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Custom | 83e21b35-e431-43a0-a1c4-22a6ad313911 | capella-tasking |
Catalog data products
Description | Data product ID | Collection name |
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SLC | 1f2b0d7f-d3e2-4b3d-96b7-e7c184df7952 | capella-slc |
GEC | 96072809-d820-4cf9-86dd-d3bff3337c35 | capella-gec |
GEO | d66facaa-533f-49a2-849a-c2910ac9dd31 | capella-geo |
SICD | 8b0aed07-c565-4bf9-b719-401e692de4a6 | capella-sicd |