Can I see Starlink tonight in Brisbane, Queensland?
No visible passes tonight.
Next good chance: Wednesday 14 Oct at 4:40 am, looking northwest.
The next 8 nights at a glance
9 visible passesPass times, night by night
start · path · brightnessTonight · Thursday 8 Oct
dark 6:16 pm – 4:55 amFriday 9 Oct – Sunday 11 Oct
no visible passesMonday 12 Oct
dark 6:18 pm – 4:50 amTuesday 13 Oct
dark 6:19 pm – 4:49 amWednesday 14 Oct
dark 6:19 pm – 4:48 amThursday 15 Oct
dark 6:20 pm – 4:47 amMagnitude is an estimate (lower = brighter; 3 is easy, 5 needs a dark sky). Predictions for satellites that are still raising their orbits can shift by a few minutes from one update to the next; check again before you go out. How we compute this.
The ISS tonight
ISS pass times for Brisbane →Yes — best chance 6:58 pm, looking northwest. Visible from 6:58 pm to 7:04 pm, almost overhead in the sky (76°) at its highest; about magnitude -3.5, brighter than any star. The space station is far brighter than Starlink satellites, so it is often the easier thing to spot.
Tiangong, China's space station
6 visible passes in 8 nightsYes · 7:15 pm, look southwest. Tiangong orbits about 386 km up, tilted 41.5° to the equator. It looks like a bright, steady star gliding across the sky, fainter than the ISS but easy to see without a telescope.
| Night | Appears | Highest | Mag ≈ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday 8 Oct | 7:15 pm | 37° SSE | -1.5 |
| Friday 9 Oct | 6:16 pm | 22° SSE | -0.5 |
| Friday 9 Oct | 7:52 pm | 18° W | 2 |
| Saturday 10 Oct | 6:53 pm | 82° ENE | -2.5 |
| Sunday 11 Oct | 7:32 pm | 18° NW | 0.5 |
| Monday 12 Oct | 6:32 pm | 38° NW | -0.5 |
Local time. Brightness is a rough estimate (±1 magnitude; lower is brighter). How we compute this.
Seeing Starlink from Brisbane
Brisbane is at 27.5°S. Tonight the sky is dark enough from 6:16 pm until 4:55 am. A Starlink satellite only shows when it is still in sunlight while you are in darkness, so the passes bunch up in the first hours after dusk and the last hours before dawn, not around midnight. Over the next 8 nights we found 9 visible passes (0 in the evening, 9 before dawn); 6 of them should be easy to spot (estimated magnitude 4 or brighter).
The best one is on Friday 16 Oct at 4:19 am: it appears in the west-northwest, climbs to 89° in the south-southwest and fades in the east-southeast at about magnitude 2.5.
The passes come from these launches:
- 2026-225, launched 28 September 2026 (train, 26 satellites, now 296–316 km up): 9 passes here
Satellites from launch 2026-219 (20 September 2026) are also low and bright, but they do not pass over Brisbane while it is dark and they are sunlit in this period.
Questions
Can I see Starlink tonight in Brisbane?
No visible passes tonight. Next good chance: Wednesday 14 Oct at 4:40 am, looking northwest.
When is the next Starlink train over Brisbane?
Tuesday 13 Oct at 4:23 am: 1 satellites from launch 2026-225, appearing in the north-northwest and reaching 17°.
Which direction should I look for Starlink from Brisbane?
This week most passes appear in the north-northwest or northeast. Each pass above lists where it appears, how high it climbs and where it fades.