Greece pins hopes on heat-seeking satellites to predict wildfires
- Athens, Greece – Nine storeys off the surface of the Earth in a northern Athens suburb, half a dozen young engineers are busy reading images from four satellites orbiting 550km (340 miles) above them.
- The tasking room of the Hellenic Space Center (HSC) at first seems ordinary.
- It is only the wall-sized screen at the end of the room that offers any hint that something extraordinary is happening here.
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- Athens, Greece – Nine storeys off the surface of the Earth in a northern Athens suburb, half a dozen young engineers are busy reading images from four satellites orbiting 550km (340 miles) above them.
- The tasking room of the Hellenic Space Center (HSC) at first seems ordinary.
- It is only the wall-sized screen at the end of the room that offers any hint that something extraordinary is happening here.
Sources: Al Jazeera