Founders And Funders

The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 and the ensuing confusion deeply troubled Payam Banazadeh, a Stanford grad and former NASA satellite engineer. So he created Capella Space. Subscribe to Founders and Funders on iTunes, TuneIn, Stitcher, Google Play, iHeartRADIO, and Android Podcast Players. Episode Summary As Payam Banazadeh will tell you, Capella Space builds sophisticated satellites, but it's not a "satellite company." His company, based in San Francisco, also designs and launches rockets, but Banazadeh will insist that Capella Space isn't strictly an "aerospace company" either. Those terms connote industries with specific purposes, but Capella's mission is more nuanced: To create a network of satellites capable of preventing disasters, boosting commerce, and saving lives. In 2014, Banazadeh came up with the idea to more closely monitor Earth from a "bird's perspective" after Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 went missing. "Governments around the world sent ships and vessels to look for this p