PiroSAR will use SAR imagery from multiple satellite constellations.

PiroSAR will provide specialized services to detect fire fronts and monitor their evolution even when cloud cover, smoke, or lack of light limits other observation systems.

PiroSAR is designed to monitor wildfire evolution in near real time using multiple satellite constellations.

Telespazio Ibérica plans to expand PiroSAR commercialization later to European national and regional agencies and, from 2029, to international fire and emergency agencies.

PiroSAR will distribute reports through a secure web portal or an API for automatic download and integration into emergency management platforms.

Telespazio Ibérica is developing other wildfire-related projects through the International Smart Center for Security, Emergencies, Biodiversity and Other Public Service Missions and with the Fuerteventura Technology Park.

PiroSAR is expected to be ready in summer 2027 after an estimated 15-month implementation period.

Telespazio Ibérica, part of Leonardo Space, has been selected by the European Space Agency to lead the PiroSAR project.

The PiroSAR initiative has a budget of 434,000 euros co-funded by Telespazio Ibérica and the European Space Agency.

Telespazio Ibérica is developing the Islas Canarias constellation with the Cabildo de Tenerife.

PiroSAR will operate day and night in any weather conditions.

PiroSAR will identify active fire fronts, detect changes in fire perimeters, create spread-vector maps, and generate geospatial information for operational use by emergency services.

PiroSAR has the backing of the Fuerteventura Technology Park and the Island Council of La Gomera.

Telespazio Ibérica is designing a wildfire-related project in Galicia with Aistech Space, Kreios Space, and the University of Vigo.

Telespazio Ibérica plans to commercialize PiroSAR first to Spanish regional emergency management agencies.

PiroSAR will generate wildfire management reports every 3 to 6 hours.

The Aeolus-2 lidar will take measurements every 0.01 seconds.

ESA says Aeolus delivered the first high-resolution vertical wind profiles from space.

Mission planners expect Aeolus-2 data products to reach users within about two hours of the oldest measurement in each orbit.

The Aeolus-2 lidar is designed to scan from the ground to roughly 19 miles in altitude.

Aeolus-2 is being developed by ESA in partnership with EUMETSAT.

ESA and Airbus project a mission lifetime of approximately five and a half years for Aeolus-2.

Aeolus-2 is planned to operate in a low Earth orbit at about 280 miles altitude.

Aeolus-2 is expected to serve the UK Met Office and the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts.

The Aeolus-2 mission is designed to build a full-Earth data set approximately every seven days.

Aeolus-2 is expected to circle the Earth roughly 15 times per day.

Aeolus-2 will add an extra detector to track aerosols in the atmosphere.

The European Space Agency and Airbus Defense and Space signed a contract to design and build the Aeolus-2 wind sensing satellite.

Aeolus-2 will carry a Doppler wind lidar with ultraviolet lasers similar to the instrument aboard the original Aeolus spacecraft.

ESA authorized Airbus to begin spacecraft design and development for Aeolus-2 on July 2 at ECSAT in Harwell, United Kingdom.

The United Nations’ World Urbanization Prospects 2025 uses data from the Global Human Settlement Layer developed by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre within Copernicus Emergency Management Service.

Comparable data from World Urbanization Prospects 2025 can support investment planning in infrastructure, housing, transport, health services, and energy services.

The Global Human Settlement Layer integrates satellite imagery with national census data to reconstruct the distribution of population and built-up areas.

India, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Bangladesh, and Ethiopia are projected to account for more than half of the expected growth in the world’s urban population by 2050.

Copernicus geospatial data are used for urban planning, risk exposure assessment, emergency management, and territorial policy.

Av-Comm Space and Defence collaborated with Lockheed Martin on Commonwealth space and defence missions.

Av-Comm Space and Defence has grown to more than 35 staff.

Av-Comm Space and Defence covers project work from site acquisition and design through installation, testing, and sustainment.

Av-Comm Space and Defence identifies “The Cassowary” as the first Australian-made multi-orbit antenna system.

Av-Comm Space and Defence has in-house design and manufacturing capability.

Av-Comm Space and Defence was founded in 1981 by Garry Cratt.

Av-Comm Space and Defence aims to expand its domestic manufacturing role.

Av-Comm Space and Defence has supported SouthPAN, the Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability, and the Mobile User Objective System.

Av-Comm Space and Defence provides ground segment and satellite communications infrastructure for defence, government, and commercial customers.

Av-Comm Space and Defence has worked with prime contractors to deliver satellite communications infrastructure for international programs.

Italian Exhibition Group (IEG) has defined the program for the first edition of Beyond Exploration Expo (BEX) 2026.

The BEX 2026 program will show how space technologies can be applied in agrifood, health, technical textiles, and sports.

The SkyFall mission will deploy three helicopters on Mars.

Firefly Aerospace will adapt technologies and processes developed for the Blue Ghost lander, the Elytra orbital vehicle, and its launch systems for the SkyFall mission.

The SkyFall aeroshell will protect the vehicle during entry into Mars’ atmosphere and enable the release of three helicopters for science and technology demonstrations.