# Orbit Published articles for Orbit. This is one page of public article previews, not the complete archive. Follow Next page to continue. Summaries are not the original full articles. ## How AI Agents Discover and Integrate Public APIs DevFeed: [How AI Agents Discover and Integrate Public APIs]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Anthony Viard Published: 2026-09-02T16:00:00Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [Postman Blog]() Topics: [AI Agent](), [API](), [Postman](), [MCP]() Tags: [ai-agent](), [ai-agents](), [api](), [api-discovery](), [apis](), [general](), [integration](), [mcp](), [model-context-protocol](), [orbit]() ### AI overview The article presents Orbit by Postman, which lets developers and AI agents discover public API endpoints by describing a desired workflow in plain language. Orbit evaluates endpoint capabilities, identifies gaps, and generates integration details such as authentication, URLs, parameters, response shapes, execution order, and implementation pitfalls. It can be accessed through search and integration endpoints or via the Model Context Protocol (MCP). ### Source excerpt I couldn't name the API my feature needed. Orbit found it in one search, then handed me the request bodies and the three bugs I'd have shipped. The post How AI Agents Discover and Integrate Public APIs appeared first on Postman Blog. ## Introducing Orbit: Turn Any Task Into the Right API Calls DevFeed: [Introducing Orbit: Turn Any Task Into the Right API Calls]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Abhinav Asthana Published: 2026-08-27T16:00:00Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [Postman Blog]() Topics: [API](), [MCP Server](), [Artificial Intelligence](), [MCP](), [Postman](), [REST API](), [Claude Code]() Tags: [agents](), [ai](), [ai-agents](), [api-discovery](), [blog](), [free](), [general](), [mcp](), [mcp-server](), [model-context-protocol](), [orbit](), [post](), [rest-api]() ### AI overview Postman introduces Orbit, a free API discovery tool for AI agents. Agents can describe a task to find suitable public API endpoints, then select an endpoint and receive an integration brief covering authentication, URLs, request steps, parameters, response codes, dependencies, and common pitfalls. Orbit is available as an MCP server and a REST API, with no account, API key, or OAuth setup required. ### Source excerpt Orbit is a free API discovery tool for AI agents. Describe a task, get the endpoints that fit, then get a task brief to integrate them. No account, no auth. The post Introducing Orbit: Turn Any Task Into the Right API Calls appeared first on Postman Blog. ## Exploring a space-based, scalable AI infrastructure system design DevFeed: [Exploring a space-based, scalable AI infrastructure system design]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2025-11-04T16:58:00Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [The latest research from Google]() Topics: [AI Infrastructure](), [Google](), [AI Platform](), [AI Research]() Tags: [2025](), [ai](), [ai-infrastructure](), [compute](), [engineering](), [general-science](), [google](), [machine-learning](), [modular](), [orbit](), [paper](), [research](), [responsible-ai](), [science](), [solar](), [space]() ### AI overview Google describes Project Suncatcher, a research moonshot exploring solar-powered satellite constellations equipped with TPUs and connected by free-space optical links. The proposed system aims to scale machine learning compute in space while addressing communication, orbital dynamics, radiation, and modular satellite design challenges. ### Source excerpt General Science ## Orbit Multiplatform wins Kotlin Foundation Grant: A Journey and a Look Ahead DevFeed: [Orbit Multiplatform wins Kotlin Foundation Grant: A Journey and a Look Ahead]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Matthew Dolan Published: 2024-10-02T13:30:16Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [Stories by Matthew Dolan on Medium]() Topics: [Kotlin](), [multiplatform](), [Coroutines](), [Library](), [kotlin-coroutines](), [Open Source](), [Android](), [RxJava](), [reactive](), [Programming]() Tags: [android](), [android-app-development](), [coroutines](), [development](), [kotlin](), [kotlin-coroutines](), [kotlin-multiplatform](), [multiplatform](), [mvi](), [open-source](), [orbit](), [reactive](), [rxjava]() ### AI overview The article announces that the Kotlin Foundation awarded a grant to Orbit Multiplatform and reviews the open-source library's evolution. It describes Orbit 1's reactive, RxJava-inspired architecture and debugging and maintenance challenges, then explains the redesign leading to Orbit 2, including Kotlin coroutines, structured concurrency, composition, direct function calls, and a simplified DSL. ### Source excerpt We're thrilled to announce that the Kotlin Foundation has awarded Orbit Multiplatform a grant! This recognition is a tremendous honour and a chance to reflect on Orbit's journey and share our vision for the future. Orbit's Origins Orbit began as an open-source project over five years ago, in September 2019. It was one of the first libraries I co-created with Mikołaj Leszczyński, and its development has been a journey of constant learning and evolution. The Early Days: Orbit 1 I first encountered Orbit when I joined the Android team at Babylon Health in July 2018. Mikołaj had already developed the initial version of Orbit, heavily inspired by RxJava and talks such as Jake Wharton's Managing The Reactive World with RxJava. RxJava's influence was evident in Orbit's reactive approach, with chained operations driving the architecture. However, while this design worked well in some cases, it posed significant challenges -- especially with debugging. For instance, one event could trigger multiple others, leading to hard-to-trace bugs. Additionally, we ran into issues with type erasure due to the use of generics, which made it even harder to maintain the library. Here's an example of the syntax from Orbit 1: data class State(val total: Int = 0) data class AddAction(val number: Int) class CalculatorMiddleware: Middleware by middleware(State(), { perform("addition") .on() .withReducer { state, action -> state.copy(state.total + action.number) } }) While the initial approach was a valuable learning experience, it became clear that Orbit needed a shift. The Transition: Kotlin Coroutines and Orbit 2 In October 2018, Kotlin 1.3 introduced coroutines, offering an opportunity to rethink Orbit's architecture. Coroutines brought structured concurrency to Kotlin, making asynchronous programming more straightforward and less error-prone. However, it wasn't until May 2020 that we began redesigning Orbit's syntax to leverage coroutines. By August 2020, we released ## The Galmon GNSS Monitoring Project DevFeed: [The Galmon GNSS Monitoring Project]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2020-01-08T12:53:08Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [Bert Hubert's writings]() Topics: [Monitoring](), [Open Data](), [Open Source]() Tags: [data](), [gnss](), [irc](), [monitoring](), [open-source](), [orbit](), [outages](), [space](), [web]() ### AI overview The Galmon project is an open source and open data monitoring network for major Global Navigation Satellite Systems and space-based augmentation systems. It collects satellite transmissions through a global network of stations and provides coverage maps, raw GNSS data, and automated updates about outages, satellite health, clock changes, and orbit discontinuities. ### Source excerpt Welcome to the Galmon project! Our goals are to monitor the major Global Navigation Satellite Systems, including GPS, GLONASS, Galileo and BeiDou, but also Space Base Augmentation Systems like WAAS, EGNOS and GAGAN. Galmon is an open source & open data project with a community of over 30 station operators running more than 50 receivers. Some history of the project may be found in the second part of this blog post, and on this page on the big Galileo 2019 outage. ## The July Galileo Outage: What happened and why DevFeed: [The July Galileo Outage: What happened and why]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2019-11-07T08:48:53Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [Bert Hubert's writings]() Topics: [navigation](), [systems]() Tags: [atomic](), [clocks](), [gnss](), [orbit](), [outage](), [performance](), [precision](), [systems](), [technical-article](), [timing]() ### AI overview An excerpt examines the July Galileo outage, explaining how GNSS operation depends on accurately modeling satellite orbits and atomic clocks and distinguishing errors in satellite, clock, and ground timing data. ### Source excerpt By bert hubert / bert@hubertnet.nl This post is an excerpt of a far longer post on Galileo, its structures and the cause of the outage. Here we'll only focus on the outage - the potential underlying reasons behind it are described in the full article. Since the week-long outage in July I've been fascinated by Galileo and, together with a wonderful crew of developers, experts and receiver operators, have learned so much about what I now know are called 'Global Navigation Satellite Systems' or GNSS. ## Beidou Satellites Misclassification DevFeed: [Beidou Satellites Misclassification]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Published: 2019-09-02T06:37:13Z Content type: article Language: en Sources: [Bert Hubert's writings]() Topics: [Monitoring](), [Database]() Tags: [automated](), [gnss](), [gps](), [location](), [monitoring](), [orbit](), [space](), [speed]() ### AI overview The article describes GNSS monitoring with galmon and an automated process that matches satellite orbits to published TLE data. It reports that BeiDou satellite pairs C21/C22 and C25/C26 appear to be swapped, and that M11 and M12 may also be reversed pending verification. ### Source excerpt Hi everyone, As noted previously I've gone all in on GNSS monitoring. GNSS is the generic term for GPS, Galileo, GLONASS and BeiDou satellites. Eventually a big blog post will come out, but meanwhile you can see the results on galmon.eu. A few days ago, an unknown GLONASS satellite started transmitting signals on slot R26 and I tried to figure out which one it was. By definition, GNSS satellites broadcast their own very precise location & speed, which makes it possible to match up their orbit to published "TLEs", which document where objects in space are.