Mobile app

Free, and built to work before you have a signal.

The Aware Outdoors app shows you where the active Iridium satellites are relative to your location, so you can aim your device and send and receive messages more quickly.

Iridium satellites are used by ZOLEO, Garmin inReach, SpotX, Somewear Global Hotspot and Bivy Stick devices to send and receive messages. The satellites are in near-polar orbits, traveling overhead south or north. By design, at least one satellite is above the horizon at all times, anywhere on earth — but that doesn't guarantee a clear signal: plants and terrain around you can still block it.

See satellite positions

Find which direction to look for a satellite right now, or a little later. If one is blocked by a hill, you can walk until the view is clear — or if you're eating lunch in the shade, check when one will come into view.

Command help, built in

The app keeps offline help for every Aware Outdoors command and for message groups, plus buttons that compose an SMS or ZOLEO message with your current location already filled in.