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FOREST 3 [Orora Technologies]
FOREST 3 (Forest Observation and Recognition Experimental Smallsat Thermal Detector) is a prototype satellite by Orora Technologies (OroraTech) to detect wild fires. It is the precursor mission to a larger constellation of wild fire detection satellites.
The FOREST-3 satellite is based on a 8U CubeSat.
FOREST 3 is an improved version of the FOREST 1 and FOREST 2 prototypes.
| Nation: | Germany |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Earth Observation |
| Operator: | Orora Technologies |
| Contractors: | Orora Technologies |
| Equipment: | thermal-infrared camera |
| Configuration: | CubeSat (8U) |
| Propulsion: | |
| Power: | Solar cells, batteries |
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| Orbit: |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOREST 3 | - | 2025 | Va SLC-4E | Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) | with MBZ-SAT, Capella xxx, Garay, SIGI, ION-SCV 014, ION-SCV 016, Impulse 3, Bluebon, FOSSASat TAT-O, Lyra Block-1 1, 2, Ray, FFLY 1, 2, 3, HiVE, Balkan 1, (Absolut Sensing 16U), Centauri 7, 8, 9, FOREST 3, Kestrel 0A, Connecta-IoT 5, ..., 8, Elevation 1, TROLL, LIME, SAMWISE, HORIS 1, TechEdSat 22, Veery 0F, (Transporter 12 multiple satellites) |