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FireSat Satellites Launch to Detect Wildfires Earlier, as Smoke Spreads Across North America
A Google-backed satellite program called FireSat has launched with the goal of detecting wildfires that existing satellites miss, according to Ars Technica, arriving as smoke from active fires affects communities across the US and Canada.
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