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Posted 31 May 2020
Orbitrack satellite tracker and space flight simulator (Free today only) on AppStore for iOS
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This is free today only. Also available for Android.
Orbitrack is a brand-new, Augmented-and-Virtual-Reality satellite tracker and spaceflight simulator! It's your pocket guide to the thousands of spacecraft in orbit around our home planet.
1) More than 4000 spacecraft, including all active satellites, classified military satellites, the International Space Station, and SpaceX's Starlink communication satellites.
2) Rich new graphics show atmospheric effects, city lights on Earth’s night side, and highly-detailed 3D satellite models.
3) Voice-controlled Virtual Reality mode that works with any smartphone VR viewer. iPhone only.
4) A true "augmented reality" mode that helps you find satellites in the sky by blending the sky chart with video from your phone's camera. Works with Orbit and Satellite views too!
5) Radio frequency data for amateur radio satellites.
6) Updated descriptions for hundreds of spacecraft. Every satellite now has a description from n2yo.com.
7) Supports the latest Apple hardware and software: iPhone 11, XR, SE, iPad Pro, and iOS 13.
Dozens of user interface tweaks and optimizations make Orbitrack faster and easier to use than Satellite Safari.
9) Requires at least iPhone 5S or iPad Air with 64-bit processor and iOS 10 or later.
10) New sound effects and ambient background music.
11) New Time Flow controls let you easily set the date and time, and animate the view.
If you're new to Orbitrack, here's what it can do:
• Track thousands of satellites. Orbitrack will tell you when spacecraft pass overhead, show you where to find them in the sky, and let you track them across the planet.
• Teach you about the International Space Station, Starlink, and hundreds of other satellites in orbit, with comprehensive mission descriptions.
• Show the view from any satellite, and see the Earth from orbit just as the “bird” sees it! Orbitrack includes detailed 3D models for dozens of satellites – see them up close from any angle!
• Stay on top of the space race. Orbitrack updates its satellite data from n2yo.com and celestrak.com every hour. When new spacecraft are launched, maneuver into new orbits, or fall back into the atmosphere, Orbitrack shows you what’s happening up there, right now.
Orbitrack isn’t just powerful – it’s incredibly easy to use! You don’t need an aerospace degree to become an expert satellite tracker. Orbitrack puts advanced capabilities at your fingertips, with the same intuitive touch interface you use every day.
The new VR mode is an out-of-this-world experience. Become an astronaut without ever leaving Planet Earth!
Orbitrack is a brand-new, Augmented-and-Virtual-Reality satellite tracker and spaceflight simulator! It's your pocket guide to the thousands of spacecraft in orbit around our home planet.
1) More than 4000 spacecraft, including all active satellites, classified military satellites, the International Space Station, and SpaceX's Starlink communication satellites.
2) Rich new graphics show atmospheric effects, city lights on Earth’s night side, and highly-detailed 3D satellite models.
3) Voice-controlled Virtual Reality mode that works with any smartphone VR viewer. iPhone only.
4) A true "augmented reality" mode that helps you find satellites in the sky by blending the sky chart with video from your phone's camera. Works with Orbit and Satellite views too!
5) Radio frequency data for amateur radio satellites.
6) Updated descriptions for hundreds of spacecraft. Every satellite now has a description from n2yo.com.
7) Supports the latest Apple hardware and software: iPhone 11, XR, SE, iPad Pro, and iOS 13.
Dozens of user interface tweaks and optimizations make Orbitrack faster and easier to use than Satellite Safari.
9) Requires at least iPhone 5S or iPad Air with 64-bit processor and iOS 10 or later.
10) New sound effects and ambient background music.
11) New Time Flow controls let you easily set the date and time, and animate the view.
If you're new to Orbitrack, here's what it can do:
• Track thousands of satellites. Orbitrack will tell you when spacecraft pass overhead, show you where to find them in the sky, and let you track them across the planet.
• Teach you about the International Space Station, Starlink, and hundreds of other satellites in orbit, with comprehensive mission descriptions.
• Show the view from any satellite, and see the Earth from orbit just as the “bird” sees it! Orbitrack includes detailed 3D models for dozens of satellites – see them up close from any angle!
• Stay on top of the space race. Orbitrack updates its satellite data from n2yo.com and celestrak.com every hour. When new spacecraft are launched, maneuver into new orbits, or fall back into the atmosphere, Orbitrack shows you what’s happening up there, right now.
Orbitrack isn’t just powerful – it’s incredibly easy to use! You don’t need an aerospace degree to become an expert satellite tracker. Orbitrack puts advanced capabilities at your fingertips, with the same intuitive touch interface you use every day.
The new VR mode is an out-of-this-world experience. Become an astronaut without ever leaving Planet Earth!
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Edited by a community support team member, 31 May 2020
79 Comments
sorted byThe international space station completes an orbit of the earth every 93 minutes or so (around 15.5 times a day). Hence yes it was over Australia and the UK multiple times yesterday. I for one have been watching the ISS pass by consistently for the last few days and do recognise it now. Yesterday the ISS passed the UK around 5+ minutes before the Dragon module was due to. I saw the ISS, sadly I didn't see the dragon module. (edited)
Imagine the hundreds of millions of cars on the planet, and yet somehow we still have room. Imagine the millions of boats, yet we can still see the sea. Now imagine how much bigger the sky is than the surface of our planet. (edited)
You can always switch it off in settings.
You'll see it for many days in a row because of what you describle but your quote of once per day is wrong. It takes the ISS 90 minutes to circle the Earth and I've seen it 3 times in one night. The 3rd one was spooky because it "vanished" halfway across the sky, I worked it out that it was in the Earth's shadow and had no sunlight directed to it.
As I type, the SpaceX crew are about to dock and it's being shown live on the net : facebook.com/wat…556 (edited)
Good, now go stick your head in a bucket of water for five minutes.
The aliens want to check out your pics to see if you’re a viable candidate for one of their probes.
Here is the link Orbitrack
No it doesn't pass over the UK and Australia multiple times per day, per se. It's on a continually changing orbit, insofar as the world spins so each time the flightpath nudges forward on each subsequent pass over a given area e.g, if it passes over the UK then the next flyover will be NEAR the UK, probably over Germany/Holland/Denmark. Then the next flyover after that would be a bit further across Europe, probably over the Scandinavian countries and places like Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Russia etc. (if I have my geography right).
It's true that it MAY pass over the UK more than once per day (over Southern and Northern UK - ish), but that would be the exception to the rule . It is more likely to pass over Australia more than once per day too because of the size of it (like any other large country), but not over the same place - again, each pass will be further across the country so it may cross it 4 times per day.
I'm pretty sure I'm right in saying you would NEVER personally see the ISS more than once a day MAX (unless you quickly get yourself to another part of the UK QUICKLY, which isn't feasible), as you can only see it at night and the regularity of it flying over the UK is split between night and daytime, and that varies between the part of year you're looking - more chance of seeing it over winter because of the longer darkness hours. Factor in the different paths coinciding with night, I'd say the chances of seeing it over any particular place in the UK (or anywhere else in the world) is maybe once every 4, 5, 6 or 7 days, less in summer.
Something like that anyway.
The problem is you've gone in to it with a very negative, suspicous mindset, looking for reasons for it to not be genuine. Therefore you've found the things you're looking for. That'll always be the case.
The ISS is VERY bright, as bright or brighter than Venus. It moves west to east, usually doesn't get that high in the UK and can easily be mistaken for a plane.
It's easy to see.
I seen the last shuttle close to it when it was about to dock many years ago.
Look you complete doofus. If it was a helium filled balloon it would have gone up to the ceiling! Even a child knows that about helium party balloons. So how clever you feeling now?
Did the dinosaur drop quickly like on earth? No. The 'perceived' mild downwards drift is purely due to the effect of being below centre-level and moving towards a very wide angle camera. Think Millennium Falcon star trails when going to light speed.
Oh, and it wasn't a balloon but a stuffed toy.
theverge.com/202…tor
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Of course the world is flat.. look on YouTube for scimandan. Fantastic channel debunking flat earthers, It’s worth watching.
james.darpinian.com/sat…hh0
I've also been using this one as an app on android. Google Play Link
It's great, timings & trajectories are spot on. It gives a split view with a google street view representation so you know exactly where to look and a earth view of the pass path.
With the naked eye. It helps if you know where to look and what time! It's been very bright these last few days and doesn't blink like a plane - also, moves surprisingly fast. Moves West to East. This app will help you spot it. I've"moved forward" in time in the app, and the trajectory and time seem correct. Looking forward to testing tonight (hopefully it remains a clear night).
I think the op didn’t as it got posted before this one. But if you are like me a scroll newest to oldest then you come across this one first. So I ended up searching on play store and then saw the Android post later
I saw the ISS 3 times in one evening a few days ago.....
Tell me about the moon landing!
fizz posted a link 12 minutes after I posted the deal so I didn’t think it was worth while me doing it, also I tried to say it was for android in the title but the mods took it out,
Yep I know.
I saw that.
Just saying I saw it too
Btw my image isn't one of them
No thanks. I prefer present technology not 5 year old technology.
Thanks for that (edited)
Got to be the biggest app ive ever seen
You can turn it off