Muon Space plans for the constellation to be able to scan every point on Earth every 20 minutes, with more wildfire prone areas being scanned more frequently. The FireSat constell ...

Further, the capability of the FireSat to track gas flares, urban hot spots, and natural heat sources makes FireSat useful ...

Muon Space, a leading provider of end-to-end space systems specializing in mission-optimized satellite constellations, today released the first light images from its FireSat Protoflight, marking a ...

FireSat is a satellite project designed to detect and track wildfires early, aiming to detect a fire that's the size of a classroom within 20 minutes.

FireSat is a first-of-its kind satellite constellation purpose-built to address the global wildfire challenge and to help mitigate the effects of intense, fast-moving, disaster fires.

Currently a single prototype FireSat satellite orbits the planet in low-Earth orbit, which Pichai said updates its imaging every 12 hours. When the constellation of 50 satellites is in place over ...

FireSat, a constellation of more than 50 satellites, will be able to detect wildfires as small as the size of a classroom, about 16 by 16 feet, Google said in an announcement.

The FireSat effort isn't the only project to watch for wildfires from orbit. OroraTech launched its first wildfire-detection satellite – FOREST-1 – in 2022, followed by one more in 2023 and ...

FireSat will be able to quickly compare images of any 5 x 5-meter area over time to recognize a fire and contribute to a global record of fire spread for researchers.

The FireSat satellites will be able to spot fires as small as 5 by 5 meters (16 by 16 feet) on any speck of the globe. Once the full constellation is in place, the system should be capable of ...

The FireSat initiative is led by the Earth Fire Alliance and supported by Google Research, along with leading NGOs and philanthropic organizations including Google.org, the Gordon and Betty Moore ...