GoSatWatch Satellite Tracking 4+
Satellite Tracking
GoSoftWorks
Designed for iPad
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- £9.99
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Description
Track the SpaceX private all-civilian Inspiration4 Crew Dragon mission with possible viewing opportunities. See app support web site for more information.
Real time satellite tracking on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. Find out when and where any satellite including the international space station can be seen from any location in the world. Easily identify satellites seen in the sky with real time tracking.
SpaceX spacecraft Crew Dragon, Dragon CRS and Starlink included.
Can also be used to accurately determine dish orientation for geostationary satellites using iPhone GPS location.
Features:
- World map view with orbit track
- Overhead sky track view
- Visible and 24 hour pass predictions
- Pass alerts
- Supports landscape or portrait orientation
- One touch orbit data update
- Customizable satellite sets
- Easy setup using Apple location or city list
* Requires occasional data network or WiFi access to update satellite orbital data.
See web site for more information.
What’s New
Version 5.3
- Alternate ISS orbital data server
- iOS updates
- Darkmode updates
- Option to share pass alerts to calendar
- SpaceX spacecraft images and information updated
- Starlink satellites added
- New Debris icon
- Https used by default
- Iridium flares removed (sad to see them go!)
- Increased maximum number of notifications
- Bug fixes
Have a special satellite you want added? Please contact support to explore how we can get it into the app for you.
Ratings and Reviews
Most useful app, but needs easier way to select UTC.
Unless I’ve missed it in the app, the FAQ, or the User Guide, there seems to be no way to set the displayed clock for UTC.
Thanks for the response to set a custom location. It works. One point is that “GMT” should be replaced by “UTC” throughout.
Developer Response ,
UTC time can be shown by adding a custom location and selecting the GMT time zone.
Reasonable App But Seriously Flawed
I bought this App back in 2013 but, after comparing it with others, I put it on one side because it had a serious flaw that negated all the good features.
I recently decided to resurrect it and discovered that it still has that same flaw. The App is good in what it does but the problem makes it unusable.
If your device is lying on its back, or you are holding it normally in your hand, it displays the sky with east and west flipped, making it a mirror image of reality. There is nothing the user can do about it and there is no obvious reason for it.
After six years, it’s difficult to believe this hasn’t been reported and corrected. There may be a clue in the small number of ratings and reviews for the App, many of them 8-10 years old, suggesting that it doesn’t have many serious users.
Anyway, it’s gone back into my ‘dustbin’ folder.
Fantastic educational application
The key to getting the most out of this application is to download the satellite orbital parameters from celestrak. Then it’s amazing the insights that you can get from accelerating time and looking at the satellites that are in view from any particular location - fabulous!
App Privacy
The developer, GoSoftWorks, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Location
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Provider
- GoSoftWorks Development Co.
- Size
- 32 MB
- Category
- Reference
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 9.3 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 9.3 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 9.3 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2021 GoSoftWorks Development
- Price
- £9.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.