FUEGO

Fire Urgency Estimator in Geostationary Orbit

FUEGO’s scientific objective is to detect the very beginnings of wildfires, and to provide real-time information on a fire’s intensity, evolution and movement. The system is an imager operating in two IR bands (4 and 9 microns wavelength), with a visible context imager. For more, see the FUEGO website.

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Partners


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Principal Investigators

Carl Pennypacker, Tim Ball (Fireball Information Technology)

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Team

Cathy Chou, Harald Frey, Chaincy Kuo, Chris Schmidt (U. Wisc), Bill Tennant (Teledyne), Ed Wishnow

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sponsors

NASA

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Schedule

2026

Location

Geostationary, longitude ~115 W