#71 Payam Banazadeh, Capella Space

My guest this week is the founder & CEO of another prominent new space company – Payam Banazadeh from Capella Space. Capella is a remote sensing company that is using synthetic aperture radar (SAR) technology. Don’t worry – we will explain what SAR is during the episode. The important summary: it allows you to see at night and through cloud cover. You can imagine that has interesting and important use cases. Payam will take us through those and many other things about Capella. Enjoy! Capella's job board: https://www.capellaspace.com/about-us/careers/ Opportunities to learn more about space business: Check out the new edX/EPFL Space Economy MOOC: https://www.edx.org/course/new-space-economy Raphael is designing a new, live-taught course. Join the mailing list to get updates and early access: https://jfx8zhjodpz.typeform.com/to/t0VSuhVD Raphael's introductory book on the space economy recently came out in its Portuguese translation: https://www.amazon.com/Para-Cima-Economia-Espacial-Portuguese-ebook/dp/B09X5WV3WC/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1ROKTHNSCZCRI The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics. Support us at https://www.patreon.com/spacebusinesspodcast Follow the podcast on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/podcast_space Timestamps 0:00 Intro 2:50 Elevator pitch 4:07 Origin story 8:00 MH370 10:05 Geographic coverage 14:58 General use cases 19:10 Pricing 21:11 Government use cases 25:02 Commercial use cases 29:40 Cool things Capella detected 32:05 Hostile behavior 35:44 Satellite manufacturing & design 39:22 Sales process 46:27 Consolidation 48:52 Vision 50:49 Financing 55:27 Wrap-up: hiring, other things to do in the space sector, sci-fi