Space 42 and Telspathio Iberica deploy wildfire monitoring in Spain
This article highlights the high-altitude platform "ApusNeo18" ability to effectively monitor forest fires in Spain. Mira Aerospace and Telspatio Ibérica successfully launched a trial mission using the platform at an altitude of nearly 16,000 feet for 29 hours, setting two European records. The results demonstrated that the platform enables continuous monitoring of areas and provides high-resolution images and videos in real time, enhancing early detection capabilities and emergency response for fire incidents. The two companies plan to extend their flights throughout October to reach the stratosphere layer and elevate monitoring levels, aiming to improve forest fire management—especially in light of the 2026 fire season, which saw over 265,635 hectares of land burned. This success reflects advances in high-altitude platform technology as a flexible and efficient resource for nature surveillance, combining satellite, aircraft, and drone technologies, and supports sustainable efforts in disaster mitigation.
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