Staslink: Satellites Tracker 4+

Awesome

I love this everyday I drop by and check to see if I can catch the sunrise. But what I love the most is the view. This inspires me to start to do more star gazing. I would like to say thank you to everyone that has made this possible. I one had a dream that one day man would be able to travel in the speed of light. In a glass tube. My friend who was studying to be a engineer. I told him about my dream and he explain to me that glass is made out of sand and that’s what your need to travel in the speed of light as well as other material or elements. Any ways I still believe that some day man will travel to other galaxies!!!

Pretty good, could be better!

I like being able to see all the Starlink satellites in orbit and zoom in to see the ones in a particular area. I wish there was a 3d view from the ground like many star tracker apps so I could see about where I can look for them in the sky from where I am. The local search by GPS doesn’t do much since it just lists out times when a satellite will fly over but most of them are invisible to see without fancy equipment I don’t own.

I wish that it was easier to figure out what satellites just launched based on the flight. Like, Falcon 9 block 5 Starlink 11 just launched a few days ago and I have no idea which satellite trains are the ones from that launch?

I also want to be able to see the newly deployed trains in my night sky at my house or a family member’s, friend, etc... it would be great to have a better notification system to let me know when they are coming up and where to look to see them and know when they’ve passed so I don’t waste a bunch of time hoping to see them after they’ve already passed.

Developer Response ,

Dear Sirs/Madams, Thank you for your feedback. We are working hard to fix the app in the upcoming updates as soon as possible. Please stay tune and stay safe. Best Regards, Vulcan Labs team

Too many ads and no accuracy

The ads are incredibly annoying and the app appears to have serious design flaws. For example, it shows visible passes during daylight hours and does not consider the position of the sun in determining passes. Light from the sun reflects off the satellites making them visible at night. Typically this is generally a couple of hours after sunset and a couple of hours before sunrise depending on the altitude of the satellites. This calculation should produce a light magnitude. If the magnitude is too low then the pass shouldn’t be displayed. A minimum magnitude setting could be added. Another problem is sightings below a certain altitude, given by angle. Satellites with a maximum angle of 12° above the horizon are not going to be seen, especially in a suburban environment. Candidly, I would reject anything below 30° max height. Perhaps a minimum angle setting would be helpful. Unfortunately, there is nothing here to entice me to buy an upgrade. It did not accurately show me a single visible pass. Other apps worked and proved accurate to show multiple viewings in one evening.