Newly Launched Google-Backed Satellite 'FireSat' Can Track Wildfires From Space Just Within 20 Minutes Disaster forecasting ...

A Google-backed mission to detect wildfires from space launched a prototype satellite last week ... “The devastating wildfires in Los Angeles earlier this year underscore the urgent need ...

Lockheed Martin began the shipment of SV-08 on “a few days’ notice” after receiving an accelerated call-up notice from the ...

FireSat is a satellite project designed to detect and track wildfires early, aiming to detect a fire that's the size of a ...

The mission, called Starlink 11-13, will now target a Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County on Thursday at 3:54 p.m. PDT. If needed, other launch opportunities ...

The first satellite in a constellation designed specifically ... For reference, the deadly wildfires that raged across Los Angeles in January were estimated to have cuased more than $250 billion ...