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Show HN: Orbtx – A physics-based ΔV engine with real-time 3D visualization

https://orbtx.vercel.app/
1•marzhannurbakyt•1h ago
Hi HN, I’m the creator of ORBTX.

I built this because most tools in astrodynamics are either overly simplistic web calculators or heavyweight, expensive legacy suites that look like they were made in the 90s. I wanted to create a "middle ground": professional-grade orbital computation that is fast, visual, and API-first.

The Tech Stack:

Frontend: Next.js & React.

3D Engine: Three.js (React Three Fiber) for real-time trajectory rendering.

Physics: Custom engine handling classical two-body mechanics (Hohmann and Bi-elliptic transfers).

Key Challenges: One of the main hurdles was maintaining floating-point precision for astronomical distances within a browser environment while keeping the 3D visualization smooth at 60fps. I’m currently refining the propagator to handle more complex perturbations in future updates.

The Goal: To move orbital mechanics away from "Excel-engineering" into a modern, developer-ready infrastructure. Think of it as a step toward "Figma for orbital mechanics."

No sign-up required, it's open for testing. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the physics implementation, the API structure, or any edge cases you find!

Show HN: Docsome – Single Markdown file to featured static documentation

https://docsome.guarana.studio/
1•ryuzyy•2m ago•0 comments

Elixir: Lazy BDDs with eager literal intersections

https://elixir-lang.org/blog/2026/02/26/eager-literal-intersections/
1•tosh•4m ago•0 comments

Pluralism and the Modern Poet

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1•Caiero•6m ago•0 comments

Nano Banana 2 Is Coming

1•zaaaaooo•8m ago•0 comments

Firefox's AI Kill Switch Is a Trap: How Mozilla Made AI Your Problem

https://www.quippd.com/writing/2026/02/09/firefoxs-ai-kill-switch-is-a-trap-how-mozilla-made-ai-y...
1•mimasama•8m ago•0 comments

Lessons from my overly-introspective, self-improving coding agent

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1•DropDead•8m ago•0 comments

Werner Herzog Between Fact and Fiction

https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/werner-herzog-future-truth/
2•Hooke•10m ago•0 comments

The Tech Job Apocalypse

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1•vmeklis•11m ago•0 comments

36yo: Career at home vs. Simple life abroad?

1•Slaboli•13m ago•1 comments

Pokémon at 30

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1•1659447091•14m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Lazycal – Google Calendar TUI

https://github.com/pranavkarthik10/lazycal
3•treexs•17m ago•0 comments

Flarehawk: AI-powered threat detection for Cloudflare environments

https://vigilba.se/HFtP0C1
1•itsilyas•18m ago•1 comments

Data Oriented Programming, Beyond Records

https://mail.openjdk.org/pipermail/amber-spec-experts/2026-February/004351.html
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The Future of Software Engineering Isn't What You Think

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1•clippit•27m ago•0 comments

Identified enterprises of the Russian military complex

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Dutch telco Odido data breach

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1•HelloUsername•29m ago•0 comments

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1•Wilsoniumite•32m ago•0 comments

PostgreSQL Statistics: Why queries run slow

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The complete Manic Miner disassembly

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Show HN: A CAPTCHA based on 3D spatial recognition

https://spatial-captcha-frontend.vercel.app
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OpenClaw Partners with VirusTotal for Skill Security

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Scarnon

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Sudo-Rs Breaks Sudo Tradition of Invisible Password Typing

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1•worldsavior•39m ago•0 comments

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1•TakeInterestInc•41m ago•1 comments

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Happy Map

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