The first satellite in a constellation designed specifically to locate wildfires early and precisely anywhere on the planet has now reached Earth's orbit, and it could forever change how we tackle ...

(TNS) — Google is investing millions of dollars in an effort to use satellites and artificial intelligence to spot small wildfires before they become big ones. The company said in a blog post that it ...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Earth Fire Alliance, the global nonprofit coalition committed to delivering transformative data and insights from all wildfires on Earth, in collaboration with Muon ...

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Amid an outbreak of recent wildfires in California, Google announced a commitment to spend $13 million to improve satellite imaging to help track and detect wildfires, starting as early as next year.

The full FireSat system should be able to detect tiny fires anywhere in the world, and provide updated images every 20 minutes. Early next year, Google and its partners plan to launch the first in a ...

Wildfires are becoming an increasingly common threat worldwide. Record-breaking burns from Australia to the Amazon to the U.S. are devastating the environment. The deadly wildfires that raged across ...

UP TOWARD EL DORADO HILLS. ALL RIGHT. ONE, A WILDFIRE STARTS. TIME CAN SAVE COMMUNITIES. YES, EVERY MINUTE COUNTS. AND THIS IS MOTIVATING A RELATIVELY NEW NONPROFIT TO COME UP WITH A WAY TO DETECT ...

The Earth Fire Alliance nonprofit coalition announced that the first FireSat protoflight spacecraft was launched and successfully established communication with Muon Mission Operations on March 14. It ...

Next year, even wildfires won’t be able to hide from Google. The company is working with Muon Space, the Earth Fire Alliance, and others to launch FireSat, a constellation of satellites that will ...