Iridium
Free App
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About Iridium
The Iridium communication satellites have a peculiar shape with three polished door-sized antennas, 120° apart and at 40° angles with the main bus.
Occasionally, an antenna reflects sunlight directly down at Earth, creating a predictable and quickly moving illuminated spot on the surface below of about 10 km diameter. To an observer this looks like a bright flash, or flare in the sky, with a duration of a few seconds.
This app displays in real-time where is each Iridium satellite, predicts when these flares will occur from the observer's position and allows from the 3D locator, locate the exact point in the night sky.
Gets the data needed from android device (accelerometer, compass, location) and from the following urls:
www.celestrak.com and www.heavens-above.com
Occasionally, an antenna reflects sunlight directly down at Earth, creating a predictable and quickly moving illuminated spot on the surface below of about 10 km diameter. To an observer this looks like a bright flash, or flare in the sky, with a duration of a few seconds.
This app displays in real-time where is each Iridium satellite, predicts when these flares will occur from the observer's position and allows from the 3D locator, locate the exact point in the night sky.
Gets the data needed from android device (accelerometer, compass, location) and from the following urls:
www.celestrak.com and www.heavens-above.com
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App History & Updates
More downloads Iridium reached 50 000 - 100 000 downloads
More downloads Iridium reached 10 000 - 50 000 downloads
Version update Iridium was updated to version 1.5
Version update Iridium was updated to version 1.9
What are users saying about Iridium
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Totally unusable interface.
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Exit could be improved.
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but how about some explanation of the different screens and the numbers. Then I may donate.
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The guidance feature is super helpful, especially if you don't have horizon measuring tools. As others have mentioned, the UI shakes a bit, and stabilizing would help, but AWESOME app! :)
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but how about some explanation of the different screens and the numbers. Then I may donate.
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Where does it show the time of flare?
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Dish network
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(For me anyway) I have a Galaxy S6 Active. I was SO excited for this app and it just didn't work: The compass was way off, and nothing seemed like the description. Great idea tho!
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I can't endorse this app. It runs in the background and I can't stop it starting when I restart my phone
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"Getting coming Iridium flares ... Error getting flares" that's all I get.
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Cant find preference menu. Doesn't fit screen maybe?
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Works great on my Huawei Ascend Mate 7. Shows 99% accurate position of the Iridium flare. Trust me this is the best app I have come across so far when it comes to watching Iridium flares.
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Why is running without the app being started? Uninstalled.
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Works great on my Note 4, but will not show the path of or the iridium location when trying to view while using my Tablet.
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This app is a tool to help you see an iridium flare. You need to know what's up to sort that out innit
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Love it
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The map view doesn't work! Only for this issue I'd give 5 star.
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UI is a little rough, but the app itself works perfectly for predicting flares. The alarm and augmented reality viewer are excellent features.
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I have managed to amaze and impressed all the village people by correctly predicting the exact timing and location of a bright light flesh (ie an 8 magnitude flare). ;) I'm loving it
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Outstanding
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but how about some explanation of the different screens and the numbers. Then I may donate.
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Shows satellite below horizon??? IS flare time local or UTC? Do I need to enter any location information?
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Finds the iridium and points out the flash point accuratley
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Pin point Accurate!
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Great app for viewing iridium flares. Would like the start screen to default to upcoming flares rather than the map view. Also if you could add countdown pips/beeps just befpre the flare would bump my rating to 5 stars.
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I downloaded and cannot choose the satellite to follow. I guess it is only giving me the one required based on my current location.
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It runs well and the data fetched is accurate. The only thing that is a bit annoying is that the app runs only in Landscape mode. I wish I could use it Portrait as well.
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Useful, with simple and well-designed interface.
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This app is always running, didn't look like a way to keep it from starting, although I only looked 20 seconds. Could've missed it, but it sucks anyway. Uninstalled, and 1 star because it blows and the audacity of its imagined self importance
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very easy to track iridium flares with this app
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Nice
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Wish it would give sightings for flares during daylight as well.
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I really want this app to be great, but it misses lots of visible flares in the uk. The sky map to show you where to look is fantastic, but it's not much use if the app doesn't know when the satellites are overhead. Unfortunately, Iss Detector and Predisat are so much better.
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Now working great in the land downunder, fast and accurate. Bonzer, mate!
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App does exactly what it is supposed to do. You look up "next flare" and it shows you the next 4 or 5. Tap the info and it shows you a map of where in the sky to look, using your phone's accelerometer and GPS. To the person complaining that it only track one satellite, no. It only shows the current path of one satellite at a time on the map. But when you look up next flare, it isn't satellite specific.
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Last night again, it reminded me of a flare in the middle of the night, waking both my wife and I. It's not the first time this happens, and I make sure I kill the app before going to bed. This time I forgot again. I had to uninstall it. Disappointed :(
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Good app, but selecting satellites is rather inconvenient. Also would need the option of seeing all satellites on the map
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This app tells you the wrong times.