Cal Poly Pomona students launch wildfire detection satellite in NASA program – Orange County Register


With the help of NASA, a team of Cal Poly Pomona students is about to launch a miniature satellite designed to monitor and identify wildfires from miles away.

Bronco Ember’s small satellite can automatically detect, monitor and log coordinates and send those to fire agencies.

The University’s Bronco Space Club is one of three teams and is the only postgraduate program to earn $ 500,000 in the first NASA Tech Challenge.

Using an infrared camera, the students developed a special satellite CubeSat, a satellite that made up about half a loaf of bread and trained artificial intelligence to detect if something was burning from a distance.

It includes a 3-pound satellite camera and other devices that fit into a small container the size of a “thin shoe box”, according to a report by Kalo Poly Pomona News.

Cal Poly Pomona Bronco Space Club is testing Bronco Ember on December 2021 on Diamond Bar Hill.  (Photo courtesy of Zachary Guys)
Cal Poly Pomona Bronco Space Club is testing Bronco Ember on December 2021 on Diamond Bar Hill. (Photo courtesy of Zachary Guys)

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