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   AmsatDroid is a free application for the Android operating system developed   
   and implemented by David A.B. Johnson (G4DPZ), an interesting and usefull   
   application for all users and amateur radio enthusiasts of artificial   
   satellites. This program allows    
   the observation and tracking of satellites at any time in real-time, visible   
   on a satellite map integrated and also, provide for the future steps in a   
   specified position in a period of time calculated. But now we look closely at   
   the characteristics of    
   this beautiful application. After you download the program from the Google   
   Play Store and verified that the installation is successful, staying connected   
   to the Internet, we launch the application AmsatDroid from our Android   
   devices. The opening of the    
   first screen are some simple features and intuitive to manage the program, as   
   the button to select the satellite from the list, the button to set the time   
   and date and the button to calculate the passage of the satellite, but before   
   to calculate is    
   necessary to set the application by inserting some basic information. From the   
   main screen, click on the menu button, here we find the entry: "Set Home   
   Location" function important to set accurately our location, via GPS, the   
   Internet network or with the    
   manual entry of our geographical coordinates; then we find the "Update Keps"   
   useful function to always download the latest list of satellites through   
   connections to servers Amateur (amsat.org), Amateur (celestrak.com) CubeSat   
   (celestrak.com), Weather (   
   celestrak.com ), Resources (celestrak.com) and New launches (celestrak.com).   
   Once you download the latest list of satellites and have entered and stored   
   our geographical coordinates, we return to the main screen, here are find the   
   voice "Satellite" by    
   clicking on the corresponding field, a window will open with the list of   
   satellites to be selected. For example, if we downloaded the list through the   
   link Amateur (celestrak.com), will be available the following sa   
   ellites: OSCAR 7 (AO-7), UOSAT 2 (UO-   
   11), LUSAT (LO-19), EYESAT-1 (AO-27), ITAMSAT (IO-26), RADIO ROSTO (RS-15),   
   JAS-2 (FO-29), TECHSAT 1B (GO-32), ISS (ZARYA), PCSAT (NO-44), SAUDISAT 1C   
   (SO-50), CUTE-1 (CO-55), CUBESAT XI-IV (CO-57), MOZHAYETS 4 (RS-22), HAMSAT   
   (VO-52) and still others.    
   After selecting a satellite of our interest, click on the button "Calculate   
   passes for the next" in this field will open a window where you can choose the   
   method of calculation of the passages of the satellites: "Next Pass Only" it   
   is the only method of    
   calculation for the next step; "6 hours" the calculation mode for a time of 6   
   hours; "12 hours" the calculation mode for a time of 12 hours; "24 hours" the   
   calculation mode for a time of 24 hours; After choosing one of the three modes   
   of time, keep the    
   setting, under "Starting now", click on the button "Change Start Time", here   
   you will open a window where you can set the time and date, data necessary for   
   calculate the time of the passage of the satellite over our coordinates. To   
   give a practical    
   example, the application';s main screen under voice "Satellite", through the   
   satellite list select a satellite to calculate its passage, click on the   
   button "Calculate Pass", we get immediately on the screen of our device the   
   following information:    
   Prediction passage of the selected satellite in relation to our geographic   
   coordinates (latitude / longitude / Gridsquare). At this point, we return to   
   the menu of the application, select the "View Map" will open on our screen   
   satellite map on which we    
   see our satellite represented by a graphic icon and his movement that follow   
   its orbit, the "home" represented by an icon shaped house located in the   
   geographic area based on our geographic coordinates provided. Also, you can   
   see the satellite map in    
   full screen mode or in portrait mode, the latter for its small size on the   
   screen, allowing the title search of the following additional information:   
   satellite name, its latitude and longitude, the interval in kilometers and the   
   data of our location    
   expressed in latitude, longitude and info Locator. Finally, the program menu,   
   you can select "Help", which allows connection to the website for assistance   
   for the user and the "About" for information on the version of AmsatDroid.   
   Link App: AmsatDroid   
   Link Developer: Badgersoft.com   
   Screenshot: AmsatDroid   
      
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