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Introducing Orbitrack for MacOS!

Orbitrack is now available for the desktop! Our latest release, Orbitrack 2.5, runs on MacOS 10.15 (Catalina) and MacOS 11 (Big Sur). We have to say that running Orbitrack on a 4K display is quite an immersive experience. The best news is, a single purchase…

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Orbitrack Updates: Goodbye Iridium, Hello Starlink!

During this intense time of change, we've been hard at work improving our Orbitrack satellite tracking apps for iOS and Android. We're now ready to share them with you. The latest Orbitrack app updates reflect the changes that have been taking place in our skies…

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Introducing SSCore: an open-source C++ astronomy library

Hello, space friends! It is both easter and Yuri's Night. That means it's time for something new, and something spacey. As we continue to develop Orbitrack and other space-related apps, we're trying something new: open-sourcing part of our code. If you ever wanted to find…

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Orbitrack 2.3 for iOS is on the App Store

Apple has just approved Orbitrack 2.3 . This is a minor update which mainly adds support for iOS 13, and the new family of iPhone 11 devices. We also added one feature from our just-about-to-be-released Android version. Yes - you heard that right. Orbitrack for…

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Enoch has been identified!

Today, CSpoC positively identified Enoch, the CubeSat memorializing astronaut Robert Henry Lawrence, which launched on a Falcon 9 in December 2018, as object 2018-099V, or NORAD number 43777. You can search for it by name in Orbitrack as "LACMA Enoch" (LACMA being the Los Angeles…

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Enoch is in orbit!

Today, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried a satellite called Enoch into orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base. I was there to witness the launch, from a distance of 5 miles. From that far away, we saw the "smoke and fire" a good ten seconds…

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Orbitrack 2.1 Released!

We're happy to announce that Apple has approved the latest update to our Orbitrack app for iOS - just in time for next week's launch! Here's what you can expect in the new release. 1) Orbitrack supports iOS 12, iPhone XR, XS, and iPad Pro.…

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Space.com reviews Orbitrack

Chris Vaughan, who works with our colleagues over at space.com, has published a really thorough, in-depth review of Orbitrack! This is possibly the best review to date, and goes over the app's features in great detail. Read Chris's article by clicking here .

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SkyCube in OZY Magazine

A few months ago, Tom Cassauwers, a reporter for OZY magazine, contacted us to do an interview regarding our (almost 4 year old!) SkyCube project for the magazine. I'm happy to say the article has been published. You can find it here: The DIY-ers Building…

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