Less than three months into 2025, more than 9,000 wildfires have burned 269,986 acres across the United States. From coastal communities like California's Pacific Palisades to historic towns in central Oklahoma,

Google Research announced the first satellite of its wildfire detection satellite network – FireSat. It is a collaboration between Google Research and several other organizations like Muon Space, Earth Fire Alliance and the Moore Foundation.

There’s no single pathway to managing this growing wildfire crisis, but there is something that can empower data-driven action across the globe: FireSAT.