EPiC satellite wildfire-detection system
Space-based thermal wildfire detection and alerting
The proposed EPiC system combines thermal imaging payloads, a planned multi-satellite constellation and ground alerting to detect and geolocate small wildfires from space, with EPiC-lite used for ground-based subsystem validation.
Core features
- Thermal Earth-observation payload
- Small-fire detection and geolocation
- Constellation-based monitoring concept
- Ground alerting and EPiC-lite validation
Defence applications
- Wildfire early warning
- Remote and northern situational awareness
- Critical-infrastructure protection
- Emergency-management decision support
Thermal imagingEarth observationWildfire detectionSatellite constellationGeolocation
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