Three InCubed satellites have launched from the Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, highlighting ESA’s role as partner to industry and its support for business and technology innovation.
InCubed, the ESA Earth observation programme for ‘Investing in Industrial Innovation’ managed by ɸ-lab, focuses on developing innovative and commercially viable products and services that generate or exploit the value of Earth observation imagery and datasets.
The launch took place on 14 January on a SpaceX Falcon 9, Transporter 12, which placed multiple small and nano satellites into Sun-synchronous orbits.
With the launch site approximately 200 km to the North-West of the wildfires that have caused huge damage to northern areas of Los Angeles in the past week, it’s apt that one of the InCubed satellites offers improved detection for wildfires.
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