Measurements and Applications
Detection and tracking of hot and cool fires, land change monitoring, pre-fire conditions, and post-fire recovery
Full Name
Quickbeam (FireSat)
Status
Operational
Instrument Agencies
EFA
Maturity
Medium Heritage
Instrument Type
Imaging multi-spectral radiometers (vis/IR) 
Geometry
Push-broom scanning / Cross-track scanning
Instrument Technology
Multi-purpose imaging Vis/IR radiometer
Sampling
Imaging
Resolution
80 m average resolution, 5 m hotspot detection
[Best Resolution: 5m]
Swath
1500 km
[Max Swath: 1500 km]
Accuracy
Initial operational capability: <10% false positives; Full operational capability: <5% false positives
Waveband
6 bands (Red, NIR, SWIR, 2x MWIR, LWIR)
| VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm) |
| NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm) |
| SWIR (~1.3 µm - ~3.0 µm) |
| MWIR (~3.0 µm - ~6.0 µm) |
FireSat0 - FireSat0 Protoflight (2025 - 2027) |
FireSat Constellation - FireSat Constellation (2026 - 2031) |