Context: Until recently, camera networks designed for monitoring fireballs worldwide were not fully automated, implying that in case of a meteorite fall, the recovery campaign was rarely immediate. This was an important limiting factor as the most fragile - hence precious - meteorites must be recovered rapidly to avoid their alteration. Aims: The Fireball Recovery and InterPlanetary Observation Network (FRIPON) scientific project was designed to overcome this limitation. This network comprises a fully automated camera and radio network deployed over a significant fraction of western Europe and a small fraction of Canada. As of today, it consists of 150 cameras and 25 European radio receivers and covers an area of about 1.5 million square kilometers.
@article{arxiv.2012.00616,
title = {FRIPON: A worldwide network to track incoming meteoroids},
author = {F. Colas and B. Zanda and S. Bouley and S. Jeanne and A. Malgoyre and M. Birlan and C. Blanpain and J. Gattacceca and L. Jorda and J. Lecubin and C. Marmo and J. L. Rault and J. Vaubaillon and P. Vernazza and C. Yohia and D. Gardiol and A. Nedelcu plus 300 co-authors},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2012.00616},
year = {2024}
}