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Capella 16
American synthetic aperture radar satellite. Capella 16 was launched on August 26, 2025 aboard a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2025-188DNORAD 65318United States
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Capella 16
- Payload designation
- Acadia-6
- International designator
- 2025-188D
- NORAD catalog number
- 65318
- GCAT identifier
- S65318
Mission
- Mission type
- Radar imaging
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Capella
- Owner
- Capella Space
- Country
- United States
- Builder
- Capella Space Corp.
- Platform (bus)
- Acadia
Launch
- Date
- August 26, 2025 · 18:53 UTC
- Launch record
- 2025-188Success
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Vandenberg · pad SLC4E
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/S
- Perigee
- 596 km
- Apogee
- 602 km
- Inclination
- 97.77°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Aug 26, 2025
Size
- Mass
- 180 kg
- Dry mass
- 150 kg
- Length
- 0.5 m
- Diameter
- 0.30 m
- Span
- 3.5 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q136934303 (CC0).