[1] Using FRIPON, scientists can detect incoming meteors, determine their trajectory and estimate their strewn fields so that recovery operations of any surviving debris can be made.
[2][3][4] Currently, the FRIPON network operates across Western Europe and small sections of Canada, consisting of 150 cameras and 25 radio receivers that in total cover an area of nearly 1,500,000 square kilometres (580,000 sq mi).
[1] FRIPON is the first fully automated high-density meteor observation system and is capable of quickly estimating a meteorite's strewn field to a 1 by 10km area.
The cameras are equipped with fisheye lenses, allowing for a 360-degree view of the sky above, and are connected to a computer program that analyzes the images, looking for luminous events such as meteorite falls.
FRIPON is the first fully automated observation network in the world, as when one camera spots a meteorite, it sends a signal to a central computer in Paris-Sud University, Paris, and when two or more cameras spot a meteorite, it will automatically calculate a predicted strewn field approximately 1 by 10 kilometers large and send a signal to FRIPON scientists with the data.