Following the launch of its latest satellite, aerospace startup Muon Space has released the first images from FireSat ...

FireSat is the first in a proposed constellation of more than 50 satellites that Muon Space hopes to use to monitor and ...

Muon Space, a leading provider of end-to-end space systems specializing in mission-optimized satellite constellations, today ...

The satellite, built by the California-based startup Muon Space, launched March 14 aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-13 mission. The first light images show urban heat islands and airport runway activity in ...

A partnership with the nonprofit Earth Fire Alliance and satellite manufacturer Muon Space is giving Google a better shot at ...

Against this backdrop, Environmental Defense Fund applauds the G7’s Kananaskis Wildfire Charter announced yesterday in Calgary; we are actively advocating for a paradigm shift, which we believe is ...

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 ...

Google is building the world's largest firewatch tower – about 100 miles tall. At Google I/O, CEO Sundar Pichai spotlighted FireSat, a project Google supports along with the Earth Fire Alliance ...

Google donated $3 million to the Pasadena Unified School District after the Eaton Fire and showed students its new FireSat technology. In the days after wildfires tore through Southern California, ...

In addition, Google Research and satellite manufacturer Muon Space are part of the Earth Fire Alliance, the nonprofit home of FireSat, a system designed to detect even small wildfires within minutes.

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 ...