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California’s wildfire defense blasts off: Governor Newsom launches “FireSat” wildfire-detection satellites to spot blazes from space
Wildfire detection satellites built in Bay Area launched Tuesday
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SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- The first satellite system specifically made to detect wildfire threats in California and across the globe will go online later this year following Tuesday's SpaceX Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Governor Gavin Newsom announced. Among the 81 payloads aboard the rocket were three FireSat wildfire detection satellites built [...]
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