Capella Space in California is working on the creation of Capella Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites. Are to be operated as part of a constellation comprising 30 satellites.
| Name of Satellite | Capella-9 (Whitney 7) |
| Purpose | Earth Observation |
| Contractor | Capella Space |
| Country of Contractor | USA |
| Launch Mass (kg.) | 112 |
| Class of Orbit | LEO |
| Perigee (km) | 586 |
| Date of Launch | 16.03.2023 |
| Launch Site | Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport/Wallops Island |
| Launch Vehicle | Electron |
| COSPAR Number | 2023-035B |
| NORAD Number | 55909 |
The Capella-9 (Whitney 7) satellites are designed to be twice the size of the Capella 1 prototype and have a larger sensor aperture for X-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR), which can provide images with high-contrast, low-noise, and high-resolution. This is achieved by means of the newly deployed 3.5-metre-wide aperture mesh reflector antenna.
