Tag: firesat
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How Onboard AI Can Cut Hours from Wildfire Alerts
When a wildfire starts, the earliest response window can make an enormous difference. A small fire may still be manageable with limited resources; once wind drives it across the landscape, containment becomes harder, more dangerous and more expensive. That raises a practical question: with satellites orbiting Earth every day, why have satellite-based alerts sometimes taken…
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Google backs privately funded satellite constellation for wildfire detection
Space is more accessible than ever thanks to the proliferation of small satellites and more affordable launch prices, which opened the door to bespoke applications like global pollution monitoring, crop observations, and new ways of collecting weather and climate data. Now you can add wildfire detection to the list. Satellites have observed wildfires from space…