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Are you using it outside with a good view of the GPS satellites (as opposed to indoors)?
Remember that Androd has multiple methods of getting location information, including network-provided location as well as GPS. However, an app can decide which location provider to use, and whether to accept old or less accurate location data. As a result, things like Google maps will give you an approximate location (often quite accurate but sometimes way out) very quickly. I guess that SkyDemon takes only fresh GPS location data of known high accuracy, so will show "waiting for location data" until there's good, solid GPS location info.
Some tablets have more sensitive GPS than others, and some GPS chips are faster to acquire GPS than others. SkyDemon on my Samsung phone will usually get GPS location even indoors within a few seconds. My Tesco Hudl 2 has to be outdoors, and takes a good half minute to get the first fix. Once it's got a fix, it's always been fine in the plane unless I stick it under the seat or some such.
Try downloading a GPS status app such as "GPS Staus & Toolbox" (on Google Play, free from MobiWIA) which will show you whether you've got a good GPS fix. Also, as a check, make sure other location-aware apps are not running. Apps should release the location service when they're no longer the visible app on the screen, but a few (e.g. UK Atlas) don't, stopping other apps getting location info.
Other than that: no ideas immediately.
Edited to add: make sure in Settings -> Location that the mode is "High Accuracy".
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