Last updated: 9 July 2026
None. OrbitRadar has no accounts, no advertising and no third‑party tracking or analytics SDKs. We do not collect, sell or share any personal data, and we operate no server that receives your data.
If you use the "observer" or AR sky‑view features, the app asks for your location while using the app. Your location is used only on your device — to work out which satellites are overhead and where to point the AR view. It is never sent to us or to any server. It is kept only on your device so the app can remember your observer position between launches, and you can clear it at any time in the app or by revoking the permission in Settings.
The AR sky view uses your device camera to show the live sky behind the satellite overlay. The camera image is processed entirely on your device, in real time, and is never recorded, stored or transmitted. Nothing from the camera leaves your device.
The AR compass reads the device's motion and orientation sensors to know where your device is pointed. This is used only on‑device and is never stored or transmitted.
OrbitRadar works fully offline from its bundled data. When a connection is available it may optionally fetch public, non‑personal data over HTTPS to enrich the view — for example a live cloud‑cover texture for the globe, and Wikipedia summaries or public space‑agency imagery when you tap an object. These requests contain no personal information — no location, no identifiers and no camera data — and are made directly to those public services. If there is no connection, the app stays fully usable.
OrbitRadar is an educational, general‑audience app. It has no ads and no chat, and it collects no personal data from anyone, including children.
If the app's data practices change, this page will be updated and the "last updated" date above revised.