Google funds FireSat launch to detect and track wildfires
Google has backed FireSat, a constellation of satellites intended to detect, track, and perhaps even prevent wildfires from spreading. The first satellite in the FireSat program is expected to launch early next year.
Google backs FireSat, a satellite project aimed at detecting and tracking wildfires
Google has gotten involved with FireSat, a project for a satellite constellation that will be aimed at monitoring wildfires.
FireSat: Google working with wildfire authorities to release fire-detecting satellites
With wildfires becoming more common and threatening, Google has partnered with the Moore Foundation, the Environmental Defense Fund, and American satellite company Muon Space to create a satellite constellation that would capture images of wildfires taking place around the world.
Google funds satellite constellation that aims to detect global wildfires using AI
FireSat, a satellite constellation, is designed to detect and manage even small wildfires more effectively. View on euronews
Google backs privately funded satellite constellation for wildfire detection
Now you can add wildfire detection to the list. Satellites have observed wildfires from space for decades, but a new initiative partially funded by Google's philanthropic arm aims to deploy more than 50 small satellites in low-Earth orbit to pinpoint flare-ups as small as a classroom anywhere in the world.
Google to invest in satellites and AI to better detect wildfires
FireSat, a constellation of more than 50 satellites, will be able to detect wildfires as small as the size of a classroom, about 16 by 16 feet, Google said in an announcement.
Google’s FireSat constellation to detect early stage wildfires
Tech giant Google is developing a bespoke satellite constellation capable of detecting and tracking wildfires about the size of a school classroom.
AI and satellite technology used for wildfire detection in Bay Area
AI-based wildfire smoke sensors installed around the South Bay that can "discern from a barbecue, or a chimney, or a wildfire." New satellites are also being used to detect wildfires as small as the size of a classroom.
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Google funds program to spot bushfires just 5 metres wide
Google is set to invest $19 million in a 52-strong satellite constellation that can detect bushfires just 5 metres in size.
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How AI can help spot wildfires
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