Spaceflight

Muon Space, which launched its FireSat protoflight mission in March, is developing a dedicated constellation of satellites to track wildfires globally in near real-time. The company is working with the nonprofit Earth Fire Alliance to build out the “FireSat” network in low Earth orbit (LEO). These satellites are equipped with multispectral electro-optical and infrared (EO/IR) sensors.

“This would be the first dedicated constellation designed to global wildfire detection and response,” Brian Collins, executive director of the Earth Fire Alliance, said May 18 at the GEOINT Symposium.

“With a long-term goal to deploy as many as 50 FireSats, that would enable a 15-minute revisit rate across the planet,” he said. “So we can see the fire move and we can move resources accordingly.”

Muon’s FireSat platform is designed for dual-use applications, serving both civilian disaster response and national security needs.