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OrbitsIQ Global Announces Breakthrough in Space-Based IoT Connectivityhttps://spacenews.com/orbitsiq-global-announces-breakthrough-in-space-based-iot-connectivity/Washington, D.C., March 24, 2026 – OrbitsIQ Global (OIQ), an innovator in AI-driven secure connectivity across terrestrial and satellite networks, today announced a major technological milestone achieved in collaboration with […] The post OrbitsIQ Global Announces Breakthrough in Space-Based IoT Connectivity appeared first on SpaceNews.Mar 24, 2026 6:57 PM
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Space Development Agency slows satellite launches to focus on on-orbit performancehttps://spacenews.com/space-development-agency-slows-satellite-launches-to-focus-on-on-orbit-performance/The agency’s acting director says checkout, orbit-raising and network testing are pacing the program The post Space Development Agency slows satellite launches to focus on on-orbit performance appeared first on SpaceNews.Mar 24, 2026 4:35 PM
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Show HN: Visualizing Apple Health workout data (stats, trends, insights)https://apps.apple.com/us/app/streakout-workout-stats/id6758457318I've just launched this little iOS app as an alternative to Apple Fitness, which is cluttered and chaotic when it comes to visualizing basic workout stats and metrics.The idea is to focus on a clean, minimalistic design and only show high-level metrics that are actually useful, e.g. how often did I work out this week/month/year, cardio vs strength vs mobility, surf session count in February, etc.It's free and offline. Also, no signup, no ads, no data sharing, no social feeds, and no notifications.Just open it and get a quick glance at the state of your workout game within 2s.It's built in native Swift with liquid glass.Feedback is quite good so far, but it seems hard to get initial traction in the App Store, especially with all the AI slob these days. Would deeply appreciate some early downloads and honest reviews.Mar 24, 2026 3:56 PM
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From missions to systems: The architecture enabling a sustained lunar economyhttps://spacenews.com/from-missions-to-systems-the-architecture-enabling-a-sustained-lunar-economy/The conversation around humanity’s return to the moon is often viewed through launches, landers and national programs. But, industry leaders say that framework is becoming outdated. Instead, they point to […] The post From missions to systems: The architecture enabling a sustained lunar economy appeared first on SpaceNews.Mar 24, 2026 2:16 PM
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NASA’s Water-Hunting Tool Will Help Scout Moon’s South Polehttps://www.nasa.gov/solar-system/moon/nasas-water-hunting-tool-will-help-scout-moons-south-pole/NASA is joining international partners to hunt for ice on the Moon in support of future human exploration. The agency is providing a water-detecting instrument, the Neutron Spectrometer System (NSS), to the Lunar Polar Exploration (LUPEX) mission led by JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) and ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation).Mar 24, 2026 1:59 PM
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NASA Unveils Initiatives to Achieve America’s National Space Policyhttps://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-unveils-initiatives-to-achieve-americas-national-space-policy/As part of its “Ignition” event on Tuesday, NASA announced a series of transformative agencywide initiatives designed to achieve President Donald J. Trump’s National Space Policy and advance American leadership in space. These actions reflect the urgency of the moment, but also the tremendous opportunity ahead for world-changing science and discovery. “NASA is committed to […]Mar 24, 2026 1:01 PM
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Fusion engine for missile warning lacks a government datasethttps://spacenews.com/fusion-engine-for-missile-warning-lacks-a-government-dataset/WASHINGTON – National missile warning and tracking could be improved if all government agencies shared the raw data they gather. “There are agencies that have sensors that can provide data that would be very supplemental to the missile-defense mission, but they designed it for a completely different purpose,” Devin Elder, Northrop Grumman Strategic Space Systems […] The post Fusion engine for missile warning lacks a government dataset appeared first on SpaceNews.Mar 24, 2026 10:30 AM
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I spent 2 months building a free AgTech app for my 5k-person hometownhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47499842I'm a Senior Engineer in Berlin. My hometown is Guardia Sanframondi — a hilltop village of ~5,000 people in Southern Italy's Sannio wine region. Local farmers grow heritage grapes (Falanghina, Aglianico) and olive cultivars that have been here for centuries.One evening I was looking at Copernicus satellite data and thought: could I turn NDVI imagery and weather data into something useful for the farmers I grew up with? That turned into months of evenings and weekends.What it does: Guardia del Campo combines satellite imagery (Sentinel-2 NDVI, soil moisture), weather data (Open-Meteo, ARPA Campania), and ML models trained on local varieties to produce daily risk forecasts for downy mildew, powdery mildew, olive fly, frost, and heat stress. Every morning, a Gemini AI brief tells farmers what to do — in plain Italian. No "probability coefficient." Just: "humidity is high, check the vines for peronospora today."The part I'm most proud of: anonymous crowdsourced reporting. A farmer spots diMar 24, 2026 8:13 AM
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US-Based Katalyst Selects Ariane 6 to Launch Satellite Servicing Spacecrafthttps://europeanspaceflight.com/us-based-katalyst-selects-ariane-6-to-launch-satellite-servicing-spacecraft/Arizona-headquartered space operations company Katalyst Space Technologies has signed a contract with Arianespace to launch its NEXUS-1 satellite servicing spacecraft aboard an Ariane 6 in 2027. The NEXUS-1 spacecraft is designed to operate in geostationary orbit (GEO), docking with satellites to perform a range of in-orbit servicing duties, including installing new hardware, repositioning satellites, and […] The post US-Based Katalyst Selects Ariane 6 to Launch Satellite Servicing Spacecraft appeared first on European Spaceflight.Mar 24, 2026 7:05 AM
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Tropical Cyclone Narelle Crosses Australiahttps://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/tropical-cyclone-narelle-crosses-australia/The powerful storm lashed the northern edge of the continent with damaging winds and drenching rain as it made landfall multiple times.Mar 24, 2026 4:01 AM
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NASA Data Hackathon Inspires Community Actionhttps://science.nasa.gov/get-involved/citizen-science/nasa-data-hackathon-inspires-community-action/On Jan. 31, students, library staff, researchers, and community members gathered at the University of Florida’s (UF) Marston Science Library for the Environmental Monitoring through Education, Research, and Geospatial Engagement (EMERGE) NASA Data Hackathon. This initiative empowers libraries, educators, and individuals to engage in public health and environmental science using real-world data tools and citizen […]Mar 23, 2026 9:30 PM
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Science Through Shadows: How Astronomical Alignments Reveal the Universehttps://science.nasa.gov/learning-resources/science-activation/science-through-shadows-how-astronomical-alignments-reveal-the-universe/When one celestial object passes in front of another, it can cast a shadow that travels across space – and sometimes across Earth. These moments of alignment, known as eclipses, occultations, and transits, allow scientists to study distant objects in remarkable ways. By observing how light changes when an object briefly blocks another, astronomers can measure sizes and shapes, detect atmospheres, and refine the orbits of asteroids and planets.Mar 23, 2026 7:47 PM
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Parsons unveils new satellite antenna aimed at military markethttps://spacenews.com/parsons-unveils-new-satellite-antenna-aimed-at-military-market/Hybrid antenna developed by Parsons and Raven Defense combines a six-meter parabolic dish with an electronically steered phased-array feed The post Parsons unveils new satellite antenna aimed at military market appeared first on SpaceNews.Mar 23, 2026 7:00 PM
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See NASA’s GUARDIAN Catch a Tsunamihttps://www.nasa.gov/science-research/earth-science/see-nasas-guardian-catch-a-tsunami/A new data visualization illustrates how an experimental NASA technology can provide extra lead time to communities in the path of a tsunami. Called GUARDIAN (GNSS Upper Atmospheric Real-time Disaster Information and Alert Network), the software detects slight distortions in satellite navigation signals to spot hazards on the move.. The animation breaks down a real-life […]Mar 23, 2026 6:10 PM
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Show HN: Minimalist library to generate SVG views of scientific datahttps://github.com/alefore/mini_svg/Just wanted to share with HN a simple/minimal open source Python library that generates SVG files visualizing two dimensional data and distributions, in case others find it useful or interesting.I wrote it as a fun project, mostly because I found that the standard libraries in Python generated unnecessarily large SVG files. One nice property is that I can configure the visuals through CSS, which allows me to support dark/light mode browser settings. The graphs are specified as JSON files (the repository includes a few examples).It supports scatterplots, line plots, histograms, and box plots, and I collected examples here: https://github.com/alefore/mini_svg/blob/main/examples/READM...I did this mostly for the graphs in an article in my blog (https://alejo.ch/3jj).Would love to hear opinions. :-)Mar 23, 2026 5:54 PM
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Electronic waste is a gold mine waiting to be tappedhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8cee2b7bdd4aae90220cf7c4b9b641&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcen.acs.org%2Fenvironment%2Frecycling%2FElectronic-waste-gold-mine-waiting%2F102%2Fi23&c=6773542627361491405&mkt=en-usIn the dark corners of your attic shelves or the depths of your desk drawers likely sits a collection of defunct laptops, cameras, and gaming consoles. The phone you may be reading this on will ...Mar 23, 2026 5:00 PM
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NASA’s Hubble, Webb Telescopes Survey Pinwheel Galaxyhttps://www.nasa.gov/image-article/nasas-hubble-webb-telescopes-survey-pinwheel-galaxy/This March 16, 2026, image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope takes a closer look at the core of Messier 101, also known as the Pinwheel Galaxy. At 25 million light-years away, M101 is one of the closest “face-on” spiral galaxies to us. With that in mind, Hubble’s ultraviolet, visible, […]Mar 23, 2026 4:32 PM
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Show HN: Threadprocs – executables sharing one address space (0-copy pointers)https://github.com/jer-irl/threadprocsThis project launches multiple independent programs into a single shared virtual address space, while still behaving like separate processes (independent binaries, globals, and lifetimes). When threadprocs share their address space, pointers are valid across them with no code changes for well-behaved Linux binaries.Unlike threads, each threadproc is a standalone and semi-isolated process. Unlike dlopen-based plugin systems, threadprocs run traditional executables with a `main()` function. Unlike POSIX processes, pointers remain valid across threadprocs because they share the same address space.This means that idiomatic pointer-based data structures like `std::string` or `std::unordered_map` can be passed between threadprocs and accessed directly (with the usual data race considerations).This accomplishes a programming model somewhere between pthreads and multi-process shared memory IPC.The implementation relies on directing ASLR and virtual address layout at load time and implementing Mar 23, 2026 4:08 PM
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Flowroute locked my account after passing identity verification, won't say whyhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47490967I manage VoIP infrastructure for several organizations using Flowroute and 3CX. Real businesses, real clients, real dependency on uptime. A few weeks ago Flowroute killed my account. My balance went negative. A billing email hit my spam folder and I missed it. I am human. Apparently that is disqualifying.The Verification Rather than call me on the business phone number they had on file, a phone company calling the phone, they demanded identity verification through Persona. I submitted a government ID, a facial biometric scan, and LLC documents. Persona verified everything. Flowroute still said no.The Email"Thank you for completing the Persona verification process. After a thorough review, we regret to inform you that the verification was not approved. For security and compliance reasons, we are unable to disclose the specific details regarding the outcome."I cannot appeal a reason I am not allowed to know. I cannot correct a mistake that will never be named. When I raised business contMar 23, 2026 3:37 PM
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NASA to Provide Update on Implementation of National Space Policyhttps://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-to-provide-update-on-implementation-of-national-space-policy/NASA will host a public event at 9 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, March 24, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters in Washington to outline how the agency is executing President Donald J. Trump’s National Space Policy and accelerating preparations for America’s return to the surface of the Moon by 2028. The program will open with remarks from NASA […]Mar 23, 2026 2:20 PM
