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Aechelon Leads Launch of Project Orbion.

Aechelon’s Project Orbion is a living synthesis of real-time satellite imagery, radar intelligence, video photogrammetry and AI all combined with the most accurate rendition of the Earth, reconstructing and distributing our world in dynamic 3D. From monitoring wildfires to floods, from wartime troop movements to shipping routes in peacetime, from urban rescues to remote disasters – Project Orbion helps situational awareness, understanding and safe human decision making and makes autonomous systems safer.

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San Francisco Press Conference

Aechelon Technology, Niantic Spatial, ICEYE, Blacksky and Distance Announcement

San Francisco Press Conference

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New 3D mapping tech goes way beyond GPS to let us see the Earth in ways never before possible

Aechelon Technology Selected to Provide U.S. Air Force SCARS Common Database Baseline

Aechelon USAF SCARS Contract Award

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Aechelon-Niantic Spatial U.S. Coast Guard 3D Reconstruction

Niantic Spatial Integrates Geospatial AI With Aechelon for Coast Guard Training

Niantic Spatial and Aechelon Technology Partner to Enhance U.S. Coast Guard Training

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Aechelon Integrates Vantor’s 3D Operational Terrain into Project Orbion SkyBeam™ to Enhance ICEYE’s Space-Based SAR AI Capabilities

Aechelon Integrates Vantor’s Project Orbion SkyBeam™

Press Coverage & Analyst Articles

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FORBES

Project Orbion Creates Global-Scale Digital Twin For AI And XR

The world’s leading providers of geospatial data are partnering to create something unique.

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AVIATION WEEK

Space startups and tech companies are banding together to demonstrate their products with national security missions in mind.

See what's shaping the next generation of defense technology companies

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ZDNET

Project Orbion brings together several cutting edge technologies to create a digital twin of the planet that will enable geospatial vision like we’ve never seen before.

New 3D mapping tech goes way beyond GPS to let us see the Earth in ways never before possible

Analyst Article

BlackSky image of New York's Highmark Stadium captured Sept. 7, 2025. Credit: BlackSky

SPACE NEWS

The joint campaign to create a planetary-scale geospatial model that can be frequently refreshed with satellite observations is called Project Orbion. BlackSky high-resolution visual imagery and Iceye synthetic aperture radar data will feed into Skybeam, Aechelon’s three-dimensional global database.

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Analyst Article

An Iceye satellite in orbit (Source: Iceye)

EE TIMES

Project Aims To Make Real-Time Digital Twin Of The World. A group of partners, led by geospatial simulation technology company Aechelon, has launched Project Orbion, a new initiative to create a real-time digital twin of the world. This digital twin will be based on real-time satellite imagery, radar, video photogrammetry and AI-created synthetic data, and is intended for commercial use cases.

Industry Team Crafting Real-Time Digital Twin of Earth.More on 3D Mapping & Satellite Radar Imaging

Analyst Article

Aechelon Technology's first test of Project Orbion with Niantic Spatial's 3D reconstruction

NATIONAL DEFENSE

Five tech companies, led by San Francisco-based Aechelon Technology, recently debuted a collaboration to create a dynamic digital twin of the Earth featuring real-time artificial intelligence-enabled updates from data collected by satellites, radars and video photogrammetry.

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