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First wildfire images from FireSat are here! 🔥🛰️ In partnership with Earth Fire Alliance & Muon Space, this revolutionary constellation is purpose-built for global wildfire detection and monitoring. The FireSat constellation will be able to detect a 5x5m fire anywhere on Earth within 20 minutes when fully operational — an unprecedented combination of high resolution & rapid revisit capabilities. FireSat’s infrared sensors pierce smoke & clouds, providing critical data from a wide range of fires: • Oregon, US: FireSat is equipped with a custom Mid-Wave Infrared (MWIR) sensor that detected a small roadside fire near Medford, Oregon last month — this fire was not detected by other satellite systems. • Ontario, CA: The data from FireSat can provide comprehensive insights throughout a wildfire’s lifecycle, as we saw in Ontario, where it picked up both active fires and previous fire burn scars. • Northern Territory, AUS: Multiple simultaneous wildfires can be detected across large landscapes, like in the Northern Territory in Australia, where FireSat detected a number of active fires scattered throughout the region. • Alaska, US: FireSat can provide critical near real-time wildfire monitoring in remote regions where ground-based observation can be difficult to achieve — it identified a fire in Alaska where the terrain is often inaccessible and extremely challenging to monitor for wildfires. This is a major step in the ongoing work of Google Research together with Earth Fire Alliance and Muon Space to improve how wildfires are detected and tracked around the globe. Learn more →https://goo.gle/44RFzeY