“The Bezos Earth Fund announced a $26 million investment in non-profit Earth Fire Alliance and its FireSat program – the first satellite constellation purpose-built for global wildfire detection.
The investment—the largest single philanthropic grant to wildfire detection to date—will help fund the launch and operations of the first three operational FireSat satellites that will go into orbit this Summer, and adds to the existing contributions from Google.org, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and other Earth Fire Alliance supporters. FireSat’s initial three satellites will provide wildfire monitoring at least twice daily over critical geographies, including a focus on the Amazon Basin—one of the most fire-vulnerable regions on Earth.
By 2029, the growing FireSat constellation will be able to detect fires as small as 15 feet by 15 feet anywhere on the planet within one hour, before they burn out of control. Once fully operational in the early 2030s with approximately 50 satellites, the constellation will monitor every point on Earth every 20 mins or less.”
From Bezos Earth Fund.
