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Google's first satellite for detecting wildfires is now in orbit

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Google 's first satellite for detecting wildfires is now in orbit.

It's the first of its kind that's purpose-built to detect and track fires.

The FireSat constellation will consist of more than 50 satellites when it goes live.

The satellites are fitted with custom six -band multispectral infrared cameras, designed to capture imagery suitable for machine learning algorithms.