Satellite Predictor Site

Skynet1 · Mar 16, 2015

Many of you folks may have become aware that the Satellite Predictor website has been off line for some time now. http://164.121.248.196/index.pl?SiteNam ... omtech.com
In any case I was curious if anyone had anything further regarding the site, if and when it may become available once more, or perhaps going to be a permanent action ? I kinda liked referencing the info offered before choosing a day and time to fly.

Thanks,

loganboyd · Mar 16, 2015

check out GPS Plan iOS app. It works well for me.

volito · Mar 16, 2015

Ditto on the GPS PLAN app if you're using IOS. Works great and has an elevation mask setting.

cougar · Mar 16, 2015

loganboyd said:
check out GPS Plan iOS app. It works well for me.

Looked in the app store but not able to find, would you please have a link?

loganboyd · Mar 16, 2015

Try this link:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gps-plan/id623849032

cougar · Mar 16, 2015

loganboyd said:
Try this link:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gps-plan/id623849032

Thank you so much for the link. Very helpful.

Skynet1 · Mar 16, 2015

Thanks to all who had responded with alternative suggestions, The web-site I had previously listed had been internet accessible, but I will need to look for an android compatible App which offers the same info. as the IOS App shown.

Thanx much!

Jetlagged787 · Mar 17, 2015

Re satpredictor.navcomtech.com, I have been in touch with them to ask if the site is likely to come back up and if so, when. I'll keep you updated.

Skynet1 · Mar 17, 2015

Jetlagged787 said:
Re satpredictor.navcomtech.com, I have been in touch with them to ask if the site is likely to come back up and if so, when. I'll keep you updated.

Thank you Jetlagged787, that would be great.
I've been looking for something similar to the Satellite Predictor offered by navcomtech.com, and not necessarily an App, but haven't found anything quite the same without needing to download possible third party software with cookies etc, which I hadn't really wanted to do. I found (satpredictornavcomtech.com) was user friendly, easy to access via my PC.
Thanks for looking into the matter.

Meta4 · Mar 17, 2015

Skynet1 said:
I will need to look for an android compatible App which offers the same info. as the IOS App shown.

Have a look at GPS Status on Android.
Instead of predicting sats, it shows what sats are visible to the GPS sensor in your phone.

loganboyd · Mar 17, 2015

I've used this Android app a lot in the past when I had Android phones. It's very good!

Jetlagged787 · Mar 17, 2015

Great news folks.

The Satellite Prediction Tool is still available.

It has had a makeover and can now be found at:

http://satpredictor2.deere.com/

Happy flying... Once the K Index comes down from its current 7. Eek!

CloudsNeverDie · Mar 17, 2015

More good news: this is very experimental and preliminary (early alpha at best), but you can use this site, which combines weather, sun, GPS satellite visibility and Kp index into a single page. Just type your ZIP code in at the top. Only works for the US for now.

http://www.uavforecast.com

*or*

http://www.phantomweather.com/

Jetlagged787 · Mar 17, 2015

CloudsNeverDie said:
More good news: this is very experimental and preliminary (early alpha at best), but you can use this site, which combines weather, sun, GPS satellite visibility and Kp index into a single page. Just type your ZIP code in at the top. Only works for the US for now.

http://matthewlloyd.pythonanywhere.com/

That's really neat thanks. Any chance it will be opened up to the rest of the world?

Skynet1 · Mar 17, 2015

Jetlagged787 said:
Great news folks. The Satellite Prediction Tool is still available.

It has had a makeover and can now be found at:

http://satpredictor2.deere.com/

Happy flying... Once the K Index comes Dow from its current 7. Eek!

That is good news, thanks again for all your help.

Skynet1 · Mar 17, 2015

CloudsNeverDie said:
More good news: this is very experimental and preliminary (early alpha at best), but you can use this site, which combines weather, sun, GPS satellite visibility and Kp index into a single page. Just type your ZIP code in at the top. Only works for the US for now.

http://matthewlloyd.pythonanywhere.com/

That's a great site Clouds, all in one Weather, Satellite status, and KP index. SWEET! Thanks much you guys, you've done a great job, and I'm sure many will take advantage of this information, I sure will.

CloudsNeverDie · Mar 17, 2015

Jetlagged787 said:
CloudsNeverDie said:

More good news: this is very experimental and preliminary (early alpha at best), but you can use this site, which combines weather, sun, GPS satellite visibility and Kp index into a single page. Just type your ZIP code in at the top. Only works for the US for now.

http://matthewlloyd.pythonanywhere.com/

Click to expand...

That's really neat thanks. Any chance it will be opened up to the rest of the world?

It can be done, but I probably won't get to it any time soon though.

CloudsNeverDie · Mar 19, 2015

Update: it now works internationally!

http://www.PhantomWeather.com

Jetlagged787 · Mar 19, 2015

Wow! Thanks for going International.

Is it intentional that the result is chopped and doesn't include the extra graphs that were at the bottom of the page on the previous version?