Who's Who (& What's What) in Wildfire: Canada's WildFireSat initiative

From Government of Canada information online at https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/satellites/wildfiresat/

The WildFireSat mission

The planned WildFireSat mission aims to monitor all active wildfires in Canada from space on a daily basis (by 2029). It is an initiative of:

• The Canadian Space Agency (CSA)
• The Canadian Forest Service (CFS) and the Canadian Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation (CCMEO), both part of Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
• Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

The primary goal of WildFireSat is to support wildfire management. In addition, it will provide Canadians with more precise information on smoke and air quality conditions. It will further enable us to more accurately measure the carbon emitted by wildfires, an important requirement of international agreements on carbon reporting.