Capella Space

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Capella Space is the US commercial SAR pioneer (first US commercial SAR in 2020) operating the Acadia-generation constellation (Acadia-10 imaging in 2026), now owned by the quantum-computing company IonQ, which frames SAR as a government-intelligence adjacency. It won an NRO Radar Commercial Augmentation operational contract in August 2026 (with ICEYE US and Umbra, running to 2029 with options). The IonQ ownership is the entity change to track (integration or divestiture both possible); revenue is estimated at 10-100m.

Latest signals

• 25 Aug 2026NRO is expanding commercial synthetic-aperture radar partnerships for space-based intelligence collection.Umbra
• 5 Aug 2026The National Reconnaissance Office awarded radar-data contracts to Capella Space, Iceye U.S. and Umbra.SpaceNews
• 4 May 2026IonQ will offer a satellite data product for monitoring ground movement using Capella Space radar satellites.SpaceNews
• 8 Apr 2026Capella Space won a contract worth up to $49 million to build two military communications satellites.SpaceNews
• 12 Jan 2026The Twilight rideshare mission carried 10 Kepler Communications Aether satellites and Capella Space SAR satellites.sorae

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Facts, with sources

• 25 Aug 2026NRO expanding commercial synthetic-aperture radar partnerships for space-based intelligence collectionPartnership · Umbra
• 25 Aug 2026NRO expanding commercial synthetic-aperture radar partnerships for operational intelligence collectionPartnership · Umbra
• 5 Aug 2026[object Object]Revenue band · SpaceNews
• 5 Aug 2026NRO contracts to expand U.S. government use of commercial SARContract · SpaceNews

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Traction: deployment, production, commercials, progress. Capability: technology, positioning, firepower, leverage.

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