Google has backed FireSat, a constellation of satellites intended to detect, track, and perhaps even prevent wildfires from ...

Amid an outbreak of recent wildfires in California, Google announced a commitment to spend $13 million to improve satellite ...

The FireSat system can detect fires as small as 16 by 16 feet (about the size of a classroom) and deliver refreshed images every 20 minutes. That's a huge improvement over current satellites that ...