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Account age
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🧰 Free analysis for Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) ✅🚀🛰️
📊 Post engagement
26
Avg engagement / post
4.3%
Engagement vs followers
Dec 2022
On Mastodon since
🔥 Top post: "'Beyond the limit': one million satellites and mirrors in space · 102 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
4.3 / week
Posts several times a week.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 11 text · 1 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
14×
Follows 43 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
Recent posts
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"Reaction wheel failures leave Swift rescue mission spinning in orbit" by @arstechnica / Stephen Clark - #NASA Link satellite launched July 3 had 2 of 3 reaction wheels fail. Operators are compensating by using electric ion thrusters more …
"Why total solar eclipses are so special" video by European Space Agency #ESA - Leading up to August 12, 2026 #TotalSolarEclipse #SolarEclipse2026 in Europe (Greenland, Iceland, Spain), ESA video explains how solar and lunar eclipses happe…
A year and a half ago when I landed in Sydney, I noted that I was in what will be the path of totality on July 22, 2028. I was intentionally wearing a #TotalSolarEclipse t-shirt from 2024 because I knew I would take a picture like that. I …
July 22 marks 2 years until the #GreatAussieEclipse #SolarEclipse2028. (It's the date in my time zone. But it's already the next day in Australia.) @Leighton sent me this link to @CosmicRami post about it. As he points out, Sydney will be …
57 years ago today, July 20, 1969: Apollo 11 lunar landing, humanity's first serious attempt to land people on the #Moon succeeded. First words spoken from the lunar surface are arguably "contact light", but usually celebrated with the lin…
"'Shared cosmic experience': 'Potentially hazardous' asteroid Apophis could be visible to 90% of Earth's population during ultraclose 2029 flyby" by @LiveScience - Every continent except North America will have some nighttime hours with vi…
Today is 2 years until the 2028 Summer Olympics🏟️🏃🏊🏋️🚴🤺 in Los Angeles🇺🇸 on July 14-30, 2028. So it quickly occurred to me that means LAX is an absolutely unacceptable connection point for travel✈️ to and from the July 22, 2028 total solar…
"NASA’s Roman telescope into prelaunch servicing following arrival in Florida" by NASASpaceFlight - #NASA #RomanSpaceTelescope🔭 is undergoing final inspections and tests before propellant loading for flight. Launch currently scheduled for …
"German aerospace company signs 10-year deal to use N.S. space launch pad" by CBC🇨🇦 - Isar Aerospace plans to begin commercial orbital launches of small to medium satellites from Nova Scotia on Canada's Atlantic coast in 2028. (Europe does…
64 years ago, July 9, 1962: "Starfish Prime" nuclear test was the first successful nuclear explosion in #space. (Second attempt of failed "Starfish" test.) The flash was visible southwest of Hawaii. Aurora formed over Hawaii and New Zealan…
"This is one hour of satellite trails over the world's darkest sky. Astronomers say nearly 2 million planned satellites could be 'devastating" by BBC @skyatnightmag - Study by European Southern Observatory ESO concurs with other astronomer…
57 years ago today, July 20, 1969: Apollo 11 lunar landing, humanity's first serious attempt to land people on the #Moon succeeded. First words spoken from the lunar surface are arguably "contact light", but usually celebrated with the lin…
"'Shared cosmic experience': 'Potentially hazardous' asteroid Apophis could be visible to 90% of Earth's population during ultraclose 2029 flyby" by @LiveScience - Every continent except North America will have some nighttime hours with vi…
Today is 2 years until the 2028 Summer Olympics🏟️🏃🏊🏋️🚴🤺 in Los Angeles🇺🇸 on July 14-30, 2028. So it quickly occurred to me that means LAX is an absolutely unacceptable connection point for travel✈️ to and from the July 22, 2028 total solar…
"NASA’s Roman telescope into prelaunch servicing following arrival in Florida" by NASASpaceFlight - #NASA #RomanSpaceTelescope🔭 is undergoing final inspections and tests before propellant loading for flight. Launch currently scheduled for …
"German aerospace company signs 10-year deal to use N.S. space launch pad" by CBC🇨🇦 - Isar Aerospace plans to begin commercial orbital launches of small to medium satellites from Nova Scotia on Canada's Atlantic coast in 2028. (Europe does…
64 years ago, July 9, 1962: "Starfish Prime" nuclear test was the first successful nuclear explosion in #space. (Second attempt of failed "Starfish" test.) The flash was visible southwest of Hawaii. Aurora formed over Hawaii and New Zealan…
"This is one hour of satellite trails over the world's darkest sky. Astronomers say nearly 2 million planned satellites could be 'devastating" by BBC @skyatnightmag - Study by European Southern Observatory ESO concurs with other astronomer…
🐘 Community & instance
Home server
spacey.space
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✅ Link-verified
Verified link
Proved ownership of a website linked on their profile — Mastodon's green-check verification, a real identity signal rather than a paid badge.
On Mastodon since
Dec 2022
Joined in the Twitter-exodus wave of late 2022 — part of the migration that made Mastodon a real destination.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2022 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 26 views per post.
📤Posts about 4.3× per week.
🛡️ Audience credibility
89/100
Excellent
Credibility score
99%
Real
Real audience
Low
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 99% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Strong engagement (~4.3% of followers engage each post) — an active, real audience.
- Verified account.
- Established account (3+ years old).
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
About
About me: Software Engineer network/cybersecurity, pilot/CFI, Libertarian, electronics, Ham, rocket/balloon tracker
Hi! I'm Ian Kluft. @AstroHawk is my #space account.
#NewSpace #aerospace #astronomy #rocketry #commsat #GPS #fedi22
AstroHawk originally stood for "Adventurous Space Tweep Reinforcing Operations Hatching Advancement Worth Kudos" at one time on other social media, promoting NewSpace.
Also me: @ikluft (aviation/science) & @KO6YQ (tech/local)
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