Space Systems Command awarded Muon Space a $44.6 million contract to build three Quickbeam demonstration satellites, funding modifications to the firm's multispectral infrared payload to add spectral bands for military environmental monitoring and near-real-time wildfire detection to support mission planners and operational decision-making.
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The award funds three demonstration smallsats and a $44.6 million contract to modify Muon’s Quickbeam multispectral IR payload, directly investing in space-based environmental sensing and wildfire detection capabilities.
The effort aligns with growing DoD and civil momentum to deploy satellite systems for fire detection and environmental monitoring, complementing recent initiatives such as the proposed DoD FireGuard reauthorization (wildfire detection), state deployments of satellite wildfire systems, and commercial wildfire-imaging demonstrations (see related coverage of the FireGuard reauthorization, Idaho’s statewide satellite wildfire system, and FireSat’s protoflight wildfire imagery).
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US Space Force’s Space Systems Command awards $44.6M SBIR contract to Muon Space • airforce-technology.com
