The first satellite of the Google-supported Firesat constellation successfully Go to the track On weekends, it will be a new era in wildfire detection and monitoring.
constellation Wildfires will be closely watched. When fully operational, more than 50 satellites of the constellation will be able to image almost all surfaces on Earth every 20 minutes. The initial phase will consist of only three satellites, which will revisit each point on the globe twice in 2026.
The first satellite is Megaspace On March 14, SpaceX’s Transporter 13 Mission was launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base. The sensor kit consists of six-band multispectral infrared cameras that can be adjusted to detect wildfires in the distance.
Today, most wildfire tracking uses aerial photography of aircraft or low-resolution satellite images. The former is expensive, limiting how often it can be updated, while the latter suffers from low resolution and sensors that are not targeted for wildfire detection.
Shooting constellations are designed to solve both problems. It produces five meters of resolution images, and when the constellation is fully supplemented, it will provide firefighters with near-real-time updates on the whereabouts and behavior of the fire.
The sign is a joint effort between Muon Space and Earth Fire Alliance, a nonprofit supported by Google, Muon Space, Environmental Space Fund, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and the Minderoo Foundation.
