ibrahimlawrence283-beep/OrbitGuard-AI

Low-Resource Space Situational Awareness (SSA) Platform Orbital telemetry, risk assessment, and AI-powered hazard reporting for African Space Agency and regional satellite operators. # 🛰️ OrbitGuard AI > **Low-Resource Space Situational Awareness (SSA) Platform** > Orbital telemetry, risk assessment, and AI-powered hazard reporting for African Space Agency and regional satellite operators. --- **Selected Challenge Theme:** Advance Space Exploration with AI (BeMyApp AI Builders Challenge — August 2026) --- ## Table of Contents 1. Project Overview & Mission Context 2. Architecture 3. Repository Structure 4. Quick Start - Backend (FastAPI) - Frontend (Next.js) - LLM Setup with Ollama 5. OpenAI-Compatible API Configuration 6. IBM Bob AI Developer Workflow 7. Low-Resource Edge Architecture Notes 8. Environment Variable Reference 9. API Endpoint Reference 10. Contributing 11. License --- ## 1. Project Overview & Mission Context ### Problem Statement Space exploration and satellite operations depend on continuous, reliable Space Situational Awareness (SSA) — the ability to track orbital objects, forecast close approaches, and issue timely collision-avoidance guidance. This capability is currently concentrated in the US (Space Fence, Space-Track.org), Europe (ESA SSA Programme), and Russia. Meanwhile, the **African Union Space Policy (2016)** and subsequent national strategies from South Africa (SANSA), Nigeria (NASRDA), Kenya (KSA), Ethiopia (ESSA), Egypt (EGSA), and others have catalysed a surge in African satellite programmes — Earth observation constellations, communications payloads, and more. These agencies currently depend almost entirely on foreign SSA data sources, with limited autonomy over alert thresholds, data-access windows, and threat prioritisation relevant to their own orbital regimes and ground infrastructure. High-quality SSA tooling also typically assumes GPU-class hardware and constant connectivity — both of which are frequently unavailable in the regions that most need this capability. ### Solution Description OrbitGuard AI is a **fully self-hostable, low-resource SSA platform** that gives regional operators independent …