Objectives and Applications
A system consisting of several satellites, carrying a suite of cameras providing co-registered MWIR, LWIR, and VNIR radiometric imagery. The satellite(s) will monitor wildfires daily, in late afternoon, to support 1) wildfire management and research, 2) smoke and air quality forecasting and 3) wildfire carbon emission reporting. The mission will be designed for an operational lifetime of 5 years, but with sufficient consumables for 7 years.
Full Name
WildFireSat
aka WFS
Mission Status
Planned
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
2028
Mission Links
EOL Date
2032
Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
98 minutes
Orbit Sense
TBD
Orbit Inclination
98 deg
Orbit Altitude
650 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
18:00
Repeat Cycle
24 days
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
CWFMS - Canadian Wildland Fire Monitoring Sensor |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Aerosols | CWFMS |
| Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature | CWFMS |
| Radiation budget | CWFMS |
| Trace gases (excluding ozone) | CWFMS |
| Atmospheric Temperature Fields | CWFMS |
| Land | Vegetation | CWFMS |
| Surface temperature (land) | CWFMS |
| Multi-purpose imagery (land) | CWFMS |
| Inland Waters | CWFMS |
| Ocean | Surface temperature (ocean) | CWFMS |
| Snow & Ice | Sea ice cover, edge and thickness | CWFMS |
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