Features & Capabilities

Track satellites and aim your antenna from your wrist. New on Apple Watch: live AZ/EL, Doppler, and a guided arrow that taps when you lock on.

HamSat is the satellite tracker built for amateur radio operators — now with an Apple Watch companion that puts pass tracking and antenna aiming on your wrist.

NEW — APPLE WATCH (Pro) • Your next favorite pass on your wrist: live azimuth, elevation, Doppler-corrected frequencies, and a countdown to AOS • Guided wrist-aim — follow an arrow straight to the satellite and feel a haptic tap the instant you're locked on. Aim your antenna without looking at a screen, hands free for the radio. • Propagated on the watch itself, so it keeps tracking even when your phone is out of range

PASS TRACKING • Live sky dome with the satellite's arc and a glyph riding it in real time • Fullscreen Live tracker — big AZ/EL, Doppler-corrected frequencies, landscape split-pane • Aim mode uses your phone's compass to show where you're pointing, with hints telling you exactly how much to tilt and turn • Apple Maps ground track with horizon footprint

OPERATING DURING A PASS • Doppler-corrected RX (and TX for SSB/linear) dial frequencies, updated every second • 10-minute and AOS notifications that deep-link straight to the pass • Live Activity + Dynamic Island on the lock screen, elevation and azimuth ticking live • Bell badge on any pass you've set an alert for

ROVER PROOF PHOTOS • Stamp a photo at your site with your callsign, grid, satellite, and UTC time — proof of where you were on the air • Fresh photo or one from your library; share to X, Messages, AirDrop — or submit for the AMSAT Rover Award

ALWAYS OVERHEAD (free) • Lists any geostationary satellite in your sky — QO-100 (Es'hail 2) for Europe, Africa, and the Middle East • "Find it in the sky" — point your phone and check your line-of-sight to the bird is clear • No Pro required for geostationary satellites

SATELLITE CATALOG • Friendly designations everywhere — SO-50, AO-91, RS-44, JO-97 — with launch names as subtitles • Search by name or NORAD ID • Curated radio data for the most-worked birds, plus live SatNOGS for the long tail • Filter by mode (FM, linear, beacon, data, telemetry)

ACCURATE & OFFLINE • Full SGP4 propagation on-device — the model the pros use, so times and positions match apps like ISS Detector • Works completely offline — every pass, sky dome, ground track, and Doppler computed locally. No API keys, no rate limits. • Multi-source TLE: race CelesTrak vs. AMSAT, or pin one • Settings shows how fresh your orbital data is

PRIVACY-FIRST • Your location stays on-device — nothing about you is sent to any server • Orbital data from public sources (CelesTrak, AMSAT, SatNOGS) • No accounts, no tracking, no ads

HamSat Pro — the field operator's toolkit • Apple Watch tracking & guided wrist-aim • Fullscreen Live tracker with second-by-second Doppler (landscape split-pane) • Live in-pass Doppler — corrected RX/TX at AOS, max, and LOS • Overhead-now live tracker for your favorites • Unlimited scheduled alerts — not just three • Shareable Rover proof photos

One-time purchase, no subscription.

73 — and good DX!

User Growth & Download Statistics

App
By:
Vasco Barreiros
Rating:
4.50
(2)
Version:
2.0 Last updated: 2026-06-18
Version code:
887097405
Creation date:
2026-04-20
Compatible devices:
Size:
10.58MB
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Source:
Apple Apps Store
Data ingested on:
2026-07-04
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Developed by:
Vasco Barreiros
Apple Apps Store
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hamsat/id6762450814

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