1. Capella Space
We are providing low-cost SAR imagery satellite constellation with a high revisit rate.
Payam Banazadeh
Aerospace/Business
Timon Ruban
Machine Learning
Isaac Matthews
Aerospace
Jose Ignacio del Villar
Business
# interviews
this week:
4 users
1 buyers
2 experts
# total
interviews:
93
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2. Current MVP: Detection of ships at sea
SAR image of 3x3 meter resolution. Taken in SF Bay out of Treasure Island on 12/12/2011 at 14:23:52. Acquisition ended at 14:24:00
SAR Image
Processed image (white means
ship, black means no ship
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3. Partners - What We Thought
Capella will need component suppliers to provide shared
economics and co-development; NGA, and image
resellers with shared success (we serve as a supplier)
Experiment: Interviews with NGA, XTAR. industry suppliers of
critical components (amplifiers, SAR antenna, etc)
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4. Partners & Activities
They are building our radio at cost (only charging us the
material and no labor) and in return we are testing their
equipment for them. Co-development
We have brought them on as “advisors” on board and in
return they have started to work on our flight unit from
today instead of waiting for cash when we raise Series
A/seed. Shared success.
We are getting their amplifier for free to test our payload
this summer. Co-development
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5. Costs - What We Thought
Development costs are primarily fixed (components,
build/development, testing)
Experiment: Interviews with NGA, XTAR. industry suppliers of
critical components (amplifiers, SAR antenna, etc)
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7. • Deploy 1 to 3 satellites
and sell the images by
September 2017.
• Finish the deployment
of 40 satellites by
2020.
• Construction of
payload for testing
• Development of image
analysis algorithms
• Construction of
satellite under
required constraints
• Data Analytics
providers (Orbital
Insight, Omni Earth,
etc)
• Sponsors (military and
commercial)
• Satellite structure
providers
• Satellite component
providers
• Orbital
communication
providers
• Satellite launch
providers
• Acquire a foreign govt. customer in an Equatorial state
• Get commercial customers interested enough in our tech
• Acquire funding for platform development
• The DHS and other government departments adopt our
technology:
• - USCG: to thwart drug trafficking from Ecuador and Colombia
• Summer ground demonstration: $103k
• First satellite: $5 million (including operations)
• Subsequent satellites: $3 million each
• Final constellation: $150 million total over 3 years
• Components to
develop/test small-
satellite (amplifier,
antenna)
• Funding to perform
payload test during
Summer 2016
• Government advocacy
for our technology:
DHS
Beneficiaries
Mission AchievementMission Budget/Costs
Buy-In/Support
Deployment
Value PropositionKey Activities
Key Resources
Commercial
Satellite imagery resellers
Illegal fishing in Indonesia
Oil tankering in Nigeria
Stop pirating at sea in
Somalia
Key Partners
USCG
Law Enforcement DO
Information Watch Officer
USCG
- Stop more boats carrying
drugs from
Ecuador/Colombia
- Reduce the cost of drug
intervention operations
NGA
Provide better intelligence
to other agencies/services
Commercial & Foreign Govt
Satellite Imagery Resellers:
they can offer better and
more diverse products
Illegal fishing: tracking of
ships that are doing
suspicious activities at sea.
Better law enforcement.
Anti-piracy activities that
may lead to funding of
terrorist activites
NGA
Intelligence Analysts
Services in the DoD??
SOCOM
Government sector driving
demand (Indonesia, Nigeria,
Ecuador, Colombia)
Private/VC financing for
platform development
Coast Guard Deputy
Commandant for
Operations (CG-DCO)
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8. Angel Round Budget & Schedule
June July
Develop Analytics & IUU Product Demo
Customer Development
August September
Payload Assembly
Seed fundraising
Payload Helicopter Test (RF)
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9. Roadmap to launch
Demo Setup Design Freeze
*Procure demo equipment
*Finalize experiment setup
*Integrate payload
on ground bench
*Moving car
experiment
*Develop analytics
demo for use case 1
*Demo analytics
with acquired data
*V1 design
freeze
*Procure
satellite
components
*First delivery of
satellite flight units
*Engineering
models delivered
$100k $5M
Payload Demo Procure & Integrate
May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
*Integration
completed
April May June July Aug Sept
*Ground test
completed
*Flight unit
delivery to LV
*Launch of Capella 1 and
Capella 2 into orbit
Integrate Test & Delivery
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10. Capella 5 year plan
June ‘16 Sept ‘17
Demo “pair” Satellite – Equatorial orbit
Capella 1st gen constellation
Capella 2nd gen constellation
Payload
demo
2018 2019 2020 2021
• 100% commercially available parts
• Ready to launch in less than 12 months after series
A funding
• 3m high resolution and 10m low resolution
• Primary focus: port of Singapore, law enforcement
in Gulf of Mexico, Illegal Fishing & Piracy in
Indonesia & Malaysia
• Constellation of 11 satellites (<4 hour SAR, <6
hour InSAR)
• 3m high resolution and 10m low resolution
• Primary focus: Patterns of life, domain
awareness, asset management, oil, agriculture
• Constellation of 40 satellites (<1 hour SAR, <3
hour InSAR)
• 1m high resolution and 10m low resolution
• Primary focus: Patterns of life, domain
awareness, asset management, oil, agriculture ,
military
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