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ORION is a modular Space Domain Awareness (SDA) platform designed to support the integration, processing, and analysis of heterogeneous orbital data from multiple open-source repositories.
The system is developed to reduce manual workload in satellite catalog maintenance and enable automated decision-support capabilities for space operations through a unified data architecture.
ORION is composed of multiple functional modules:
- SATCAT: Satellite catalog and orbital object management
- GNSS: Satellite visibility and navigation analysis
- Threat Assessment: Conjunctions, anomalies, and risk detection
- Space Weather: Solar activity and environmental monitoring
- Launch Planning: Pre-launch environmental and risk analysis
Each module operates independently but shares a unified data backbone.
ORION follows a modular microservices architecture composed of four main layers. Each layer is responsible for a specific stage of the data lifecycle, from ingestion to user interaction.
| Layer | Responsibility | Key Components | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provider Layer | Data ingestion | Space-Track, CelesTrak, SatNOGS, DISCOSWeb, UCS DB | Interfaces with external sources and retrieves heterogeneous orbital data |
| Orchestration Layer | ETL processing | Scheduler, Normalizer, Deduplicator, Fusion Engine | Standardizes and consolidates data using NORAD ID and unified schemas |
| Persistence Layer | Data storage | PostgreSQL + SeaORM | Ensures structured storage, relational integrity, and historical tracking |
| Interface Layer | User interaction | React SPA + Axum API + SSE | Provides visualization, APIs, and real-time updates |
- Modularity: each SDA function is an independent service
- Transparency: fully open-source data ingestion pipeline
- Scalability: microservices-based architecture
- Auditability: traceable data processing workflow
- Autonomy: reduced dependency on commercial SDA platforms
- Juan Camilo Beltrán Garnica (Universidad de los Andes) jc.beltrang1@uniandes.edu.co
- Danna Lucia Castillo Palacios (Universidad de los Andes) d.castillop@uniandes.edu.co
- David Camilo Ocaña Orbes (Fuerza Aeroespacial Colombiana) david.ocana@fac.mil.co
- Mateo Cubides Galeano (Fuerza Aeroespacial Colombiana) mateo.cubides@fac.mil.co
- Mario Linares Vásquez (Universidad de los Andes) m.linaresv@uniandes.edu.cov
This project is developed in collaboration between:
- Fuerza Aeroespacial Colombiana (FAC)
- Universidad de los Andes