What satellites are overhead right now?
Satellites over you, right now.
Pick your location: the sky view computes which of 264 bright satellites are above your horizon this minute and which you can see, from fresh orbit data.
Visible in the next 12 hours
Times are local to the chosen location. Brightness is an estimate (lower is brighter; −2 is brilliant, 4 needs a suburban sky). Tap a pass to draw its path on the sky view.
Above the horizon now
| Object | Where | Height | Can you see it? |
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Next visible passes for big cities
computed 5 Nov 2026, 00:21 UTCThe live view above works anywhere. For a quick look without it, here is the next pass you can see of the two space stations and the brightest Starlink satellites, in each city's local time.
| City | ISS | Tiangong | Starlink |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York US | Mon, Nov 9 6:43 pm SSW, up to 17° | tomorrow 5:48 pm W, up to 22° | tomorrow 6:08 pm NNW, up to 48° |
| Los Angeles US | tomorrow 5:21 am WSW, up to 13° | 6:54 pm W, up to 23° | tomorrow 6:14 pm N, up to 13° |
| Chicago US | Tue, Nov 10 6:30 pm SW, up to 26° | Fri, Nov 6 5:23 pm WSW, up to 17° | tomorrow 5:09 pm NE, up to 28° |
| Houston US | tomorrow 5:48 am W, up to 20° | 7:22 pm WNW, up to 24° | Fri, Nov 6 6:46 pm NNW, up to 29° |
| London GB | none in 8 nights | none in 8 nights | 5:04 pm N, up to 53° |
| Manchester GB | none in 8 nights | none in 8 nights | 5:06 pm ENE, up to 55° |
| Toronto CA | Wed, Nov 11 6:44 pm SW, up to 35° | tomorrow 5:47 pm WSW, up to 19° | tomorrow 6:07 pm N, up to 88° |
| Vancouver CA | Wed, Nov 11 7:51 pm SSW, up to 15° | none in 8 nights | 7:04 pm NNW, up to 79° |
| Sydney AU | none in 8 nights | tomorrow 4:20 am SW, up to 20° | Sat 7 Nov 9:10 pm SSE, up to 24° |
| Melbourne AU | none in 8 nights | tomorrow 4:20 am SSW, up to 40° | Sat 7 Nov 9:10 pm ESE, up to 82° |
| Mumbai IN | 7:49 pm SSW, up to 15° | 7:10 pm N, up to 13° | Sat 7 Nov 6:44 pm NNE, up to 25° |
| Dublin IE | none in 8 nights | none in 8 nights | 5:23 pm E, up to 34° |
| Auckland NZ | none in 8 nights | tomorrow 4:47 am WSW, up to 34° | Sat 7 Nov 9:40 pm SSE, up to 38° |
| Johannesburg ZA | Wed 11 Nov 4:43 am NNE, up to 13° | Sun 8 Nov 4:14 am S, up to 13° | Sat 7 Nov 8:03 pm SSE, up to 19° |
Starlink column: passes of magnitude 5 or brighter from the current train and recently launched satellites. Every city page has 8 nights of times.
How the sky view works
Every 6 hours we take fresh orbital elements from CelesTrak: the space stations, the 108 Starlink satellites from recent launches that are still bright, and 154 objects on CelesTrak's list of the brightest satellites. Your browser then runs the standard SGP4 orbit model for each one, every second, for your location. Your location never leaves your device.
A satellite counts as visible when three things are true: it is in sunlight, your sky is dark (the Sun at least 6° below your horizon) and it is at least 10° above the horizon. Those are the same rules as our ISS and Starlink city pages. Brightness for the stations and Starlink comes from the same estimates as those pages; CelesTrak's bright-object list gives no brightness per object, so none is shown for those.
Orbital data fetched from CelesTrak 2026-11-05 00:20 UTC; element set epochs 2026-11-01 15:41 to 2026-11-04 22:36 UTC. Method.
Questions
What satellite is in the sky right now?
Use the sky view at the top of this page: it computes, for your location, every satellite we track that is above your horizon this minute and marks the ones you can actually see. A satellite is visible when it is sunlit, your sky is dark (the Sun at least 6° below the horizon) and it is at least 10° above the horizon.
Which satellites does this page track?
264 objects: the International Space Station, China's Tiangong station, 108 Starlink satellites that are new enough to be bright (recent launches still low or still in a train), and 154 objects from CelesTrak's list of the brightest satellites and rocket bodies, such as the Hubble Space Telescope and large spent rocket stages.
Why can't I see a satellite that is above me?
Satellites shine only by reflected sunlight. In daylight the sky is too bright, and in the middle of the night most low satellites are in Earth's shadow. The best times are the first two hours after dusk and the last two before dawn.
How accurate is it?
Positions come from the standard SGP4 model with fresh CelesTrak element sets, refreshed every 6 hours. For the space stations and Starlink, times are typically good to within a minute. Brightness figures are estimates (about ±1 magnitude).
Is this a live map?
It is a live calculation, not a camera or radar feed: your browser computes each satellite's position from its published orbit, every second, for the place you choose. Nothing about your location is sent to us.