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Satellites

Explore 25 projects in the Satellites category of the Civic Tech Field Guide.

25 projects

Carbon Mapper

We leverage remote sensing technology to detect, pinpoint, and quantify methane and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions at the scale of individual facilities.

methane, Climate action, Responsible consumption and production

Amazon Mining Watch

Amazon Mining Watch uses machine learning to map the scars of gold mining activities in the Amazonian countries.

UP42

UP42 transforms how organizations order, access, and analyze Earth observation data.

Berlin
2019
commercial

SpaceX Starshield

Starshield leverages SpaceX's Starlink technology and launch capability to support national security efforts. While Starlink is designed for consumer and commercial use, Starshield is designed for government use, with an initial focus on three areas:

Tile2Net

"an end-to-end open-source framework for creating georeferenced pedestrian networks from aerial imagery"

USA
2023
streetscape, Good health and well-being, place-based
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EyeClimate

MethaneMapper is an open-source, AI-powered hyperspectral imaging tool to detect methane emissions and trace them to their sources.

Stanford University, Serra Mall, Stanford, CA, USA

Mapping Makoko

A combined tech and journalistic effort to map the Makoko informal settlement

Nigeria
Clean water and sanitation, informal settlements, land

FireGuard Program

FireGuard uses military satellites with the National Interagency Fire Center, U.S. Forest Service and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agencyโ€™s Firefly capability to detect wildfires, notify authorities, and create products to disseminate to firefighting networks nationwide.

Arlington, VA

MethaneSAT

A better and faster way to track methane

USA
methane, Climate action