International Space Station 4+

Roberto Panetta

    • 1.0 • 1 Rating
    • $3.99

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Description

For the latest release please select 'More Apps by Roberto Panetta' and select 'International Space Station 2'

International Space Station allows to see the position of the the International Space Station over an interactive map of the world.
With a simple view of the map you will be able to see if the International Space station will be visible from your local position in the next hours.

With a simple click you can also see the live webcam stream coming from the International Space Station. You will watch the astronauts activities with video and audio, all live.

Calculation of the position of the station is very accurate, the app uses the latest NASA code optimized for Mac to calculate it. You don't get an approximated position, you get the exact position, speed and altitude of the Station.
The route path is visualized over the map to evaluate if the station is coming near your position in the next hours (when meteorological and light condition are adequate you can see it without any instruments, just observing the sky naked-eye)
You can zoom, move and resize the map as you like at any time.

The app downloads at regular time, once per day when you startup it, from our server, the latest orbital parameters to calculate the orbit, so the calculation obtained for the position is always accurate and perfect because the app uses updated orbital parameters.
No user action required, the app does it all.
Our own server provides always updated NASA data to your app when it requires it.

International Space Station is easy and fun to use, anyone can use it even if it uses sophisticated satellite orbit calculation with the same alghoritm used by pro orbital calculation software.

Requires macOS 10.10 or successive
• Perfect results as using pro orbital software but in an easy to use app
• Customizable latitude/longitude format
• Measure units in Km and Km/h or NM and MPH
• Zoomable Map
• 'Keep Centered' function
• Includes a PDF User Guide

Plus it offers fast access via your web browser to various dedicated area:

• Page Station at NASA
• Nasa station blog
• Web Cam stream on board of the station
• Audio stream from the station
• Facebook page of the station
• Twitter NASA astronauts
• Twitter ESA astronauts
• YouTube presence
• Flickr presence


Requires an internet connection for map visualization, data update once a day, web cam stream and web pages access.
Position calculation is performed locally using the latest algorithm for orbit computation coded for macOS
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We have also a version for the iPhone and the iPad . Search on iTunes for 'ISS Track'

What’s New

Version 1.4.1

• Improved update of the NASA orbital data parameters used for orbit calculation
• Optimized for macOS 10.13 High Sierra

Ratings and Reviews

1.0 out of 5
1 Rating

1 Rating

WGBJR ,

A Complete Waste

I do not recall ever being so disappointed in an app. This is a complete waste of time and good money.

Dick Stanton ,

International Space Station Version 1.0

This App provides International Space Station Television very adequately and as advertized. These transmissions are readily available via other sources however.
The Map/Tracker portion of the App is non-functional, probably because of it's inability to obtain updated Keplerian Element sets for plotting the Station's position.
The Users' Manual provided states: "Update section is not available in the App Store Release (if you purchased via the App Store, to obtain an update use the App Store Update function)"
No further instructions are available for accomplishing such an upgrade.
Until this issue is resolved, the App only performs 50% as advertized - hence the generous Three-Star rating.
Since it was the Map/Tracking portion I was most interested in, I'm disappointed that the Apple App Store is selling an incomplete product without checking it out completely.

Michaelgor ,

terrific!!

I REALLY like this app...I am an ametuer astronomer...and we have frequently seen the space station pass over...

this App and the camera feed almost make me feel that I am there..I can't wait for the iPad app..because I travel and want to take it with me !
I also love that you can hear the audio between the station and controllers here

App Privacy

The developer, Roberto Panetta, has not provided details about its privacy practices and handling of data to Apple.

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Supports

  • Family Sharing

    Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.

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