Canadian Space Agency (CSA) 7 February has concluded a contract with Spire Global in partnership with Orratech for the development of Kubstat grouping for forest fire monitoring.
CSA and other government officials have announced, that the Canadian Subsidiary of Spire, Spire Global Canada, won a contract contract 72 Millions of Canadian dollars (50,4 a million dollars) for development 10 satellites to group Wildfiresat, The launch of which will take place in 2029 year. Space Devices will work in sunny synchronous orbits in height 475 kilometers. They are equipped with sensors, provided by ORARATECH, German company, which manages his own grouping of satellites to detect forest fires.
CSA representative reported SpaceNews, that the constellation will be seven active satellites and two spare in orbit, as well as an additional spare satellite on the ground. The spokesman added, that the predecessor satellite is not considered part of the Wildfiresat group. Satellites will be a 12-kilogram of 8U Cubesats, Each of which is equipped with two infrared chambers and one optical/near infrared multi -lane camera.