Google has launched the first satellite in its FireSat constellation, designed to use artificial intelligence (AI) to detect and track wildfires as small as five by five metres. The satellite, which ...

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The first FireSat satellite has launched ... team calls a “wildfire boundary map.” This system will enable people to view wildfires through services like Google Maps. FireSat utilizes AI ...

According to Google, current satellite systems rely on low-resolution imagery and cover a particular area only once every 12 hours to spot significantly large wildfires spanning a couple of acres.

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai thanked SpaceX for launching the first FireSat satellite, part of a 50-satellite constellation designed to detect wildfires as small as 5x5 meters using AI. The launch ...

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