# Capella Space: space company profile

> Capella Space: Capella Space operates a synthetic aperture radar satellite constellation, delivering high-resolution radar imagery in all weather, day or night.

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## Profile facts

- Name: Capella Space (legal name Capella Space Corp.)
- What it does: Capella Space operates a synthetic aperture radar satellite constellation, delivering high-resolution radar imagery in all weather, day or night. (SpaceNexus analyst note)
- Sector: analytics
- Headquarters: San Francisco, California, US
- Founded: 2016
- Status: acquired
- Ownership: subsidiary (parent: IonQ)
- Publicly traded: no
- Website: [https://www.capellaspace.com](https://www.capellaspace.com) (SpaceNexus profile)
- Profile claimed by the company: no
- Profile last verified: 2026-08-12

## Funding

- Raised privately: $137M (6 private rounds on record (1 with no stated amount, counted but not added). Debt, grants, state capital, owner funding and acquisitions are listed under Funding history by class and not added in.)
- Last Round: Growth Round (Jan 2023)

| Date | Round | Amount (USD) | Lead investor | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2023-01-10 | Growth Round | $60.0M | U.S. Innovative Technology Fund | [CNBC](https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/10/capella-space-raises-60-million-from-billionaire-thomas-tulls-fund.html) |
| 2022-04-25 | Series C | undisclosed | NightDragon | [Capella Space (PR Newswire)](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/capella-space-closes-97m-series-c-financing-round-to-meet-exponential-customer-demand-for-its-radar-powered-high-quality-satellite-imagery-and-intelligence-301530854.html) |
| 2019-11-20 | equity | $29.4M | - | [SEC EDGAR Form D](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1706815/000170681519000002/0001706815-19-000002-index.htm) |
| 2019-04-05 | equity | $13.7M | - | [SEC EDGAR Form D](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1706815/000170681519000001/0001706815-19-000001-index.htm) |
| 2018-08-23 | Series B | $19.0M | Spark Capital and DCVC | [SEC EDGAR Form D](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1706815/000170681518000002/0001706815-18-000002-index.htm) |
| 2017-05-03 | equity | $14.9M | - | [SEC EDGAR Form D](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1706815/000170681517000001/0001706815-17-000001-index.htm) |

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## Space Score

- Not scored: This company is not in the Space Score roster. Only company profiles with an active or pre-revenue status are scored. Inputs measured 2026-10-14 02:10 UTC.
- The Space Score is a 0 to 1000 snapshot of a space company's size and activity, relative to the other companies we track. It combines size (headcount, market value and revenue, 30%), U.S. federal space contracts (20%), equity raised (15%), momentum (15%) and, for launch companies, orbital launches (20%), so it leans heavily on size. It is descriptive: not a forecast, a rating or investment advice.
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## Government contracts (latest)

| Award date | Agency | Title | Value (USD) | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2021-12-22 | Environmental Protection Agency | SPECIALIZED SATELLITE IMAGERY DATA FOR SAR MAPPING OF URBAN FLOODS (SEE QUOTE: Q-00348) | $13K | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_68HE0B22P0164_6800_-NONE-_-NONE-) |

## Operations

- Open roles on the SpaceNexus jobs board: 0

## Sources

- [SpaceNexus company database](https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles): profile facts, with the verification date above
- Each funding round's cited source: SEC filings, company announcements and press reports, linked per round
- Federal award records: contract awards

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