Iridium
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
Category : Education
Reviews (23)
Only works for older Android version. Pretty useless for modern smartphones.
not working on android 10
Was a great app but needs an update for current OS
UI is a little rough, but the app itself works perfectly for predicting flares. The alarm and augmented reality viewer are excellent features.
(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!
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! :)
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.
This app is a tool to help you see an iridium flare. You need to know what's up to sort that out innit
I can't endorse this app. It runs in the background and I can't stop it starting when I restart my phone
The map view doesn't work! Only for this issue I'd give 5 star.
This app tells you the wrong times.
Totally unusable interface.
Exit could be improved.
Cant find preference menu. Doesn't fit screen maybe?
Love it
Outstanding
but how about some explanation of the different screens and the numbers. Then I may donate.
Finds the iridium and points out the flash point accuratley
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.
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.
Useful, with simple and well-designed interface.
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.
The application kept messing up n I kept getting error messages... it use to work fine...I dont know what happened to it.. its irritating . Galaxy s8