Satellites Tonight

Can I see Starlink tonight in Caloundra, Queensland?

No visible passes tonight.

Next good chance: Wednesday 14 Oct at 4:40 am, looking northwest.

Updated Times in local time (AEST)-26.80°, 153.12°
Next pass · Wednesday 14 Oct
Appears
4:40 am
northwest, 11°
Highest
4:42 am
47° north-northeast
Fades
4:45 am
east, 11°
NESW
≈ mag 3.5 · easyTrain · 1 satellitesLaunch 2026-225 · 28 September 2026

The next 8 nights at a glance

7 visible passes
dark skytraineasy (mag ≤ 3.5)moderate (≤ 4)faint (≤ 5)

Pass times, night by night

start · path · brightness

Tonight · Wednesday 7 Oct

dark 6:14 pm – 4:56 am
No visible passes tonight.

Thursday 8 Oct – Saturday 10 Oct

no visible passes

Sunday 11 Oct

dark 6:16 pm – 4:52 am
4:35 amto 4:52 am · 17 min
N → ENE, highest 18° NNEappears north at 11°, low at the top
≈ mag 5 · faintTrain · 22

Monday 12 Oct

dark 6:17 pm – 4:51 am
4:23 amto 4:27 am · 4 min
NNW → ENE, highest 20° NNEappears north-northwest at 12°, low at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 1
4:37 amto 4:41 am · 5 min
NNW → E, highest 25° NNEappears north-northwest at 12°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 1

Tuesday 13 Oct

dark 6:18 pm – 4:50 am
3:34 amto 4:02 am · 28 min
NE → ENE, highest 22° NNEappears northeast at 11°, low at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 22
4:40 amto 4:45 am · 5 min
NW → E, highest 47° NNEappears northwest at 11°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3.5 · easyTrain · 1

Wednesday 14 Oct

dark 6:18 pm – 4:49 am
3:41 amto 3:58 am · 17 min
NE → E, highest 35° NNEappears northeast at 24°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3.5 · easyTrain · 11
4:01 amto 4:26 am · 25 min
N → E, highest 56° NNEappears north at 36°, high at the top
≈ mag 3 · easyTrain · 14

Magnitude 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.

Seeing Starlink from Caloundra

Caloundra is at 26.8°S. Tonight the sky is dark enough from 6:14 pm until 4:56 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 7 visible passes (0 in the evening, 7 before dawn); 3 of them should be easy to spot (estimated magnitude 4 or brighter).

The best one is on Thursday 15 Oct at 4:01 am: it appears in the north, climbs to 56° in the north-northeast and fades in the east at about magnitude 3.

The passes come from these launches:

Satellites from launch 2026-219 (20 September 2026) are also low and bright, but they do not pass over Caloundra while it is dark and they are sunlit in this period.

Questions

Can I see Starlink tonight in Caloundra?

No visible passes tonight. Next good chance: Wednesday 14 Oct at 4:40 am, looking northwest.

When is the next Starlink train over Caloundra?

Monday 12 Oct at 4:35 am: 22 satellites from launch 2026-225, appearing in the north and reaching 18°.

Which direction should I look for Starlink from Caloundra?

This week most passes appear in the north or north-northwest. Each pass above lists where it appears, how high it climbs and where it fades.

Nearby cities

All of Queensland →
Sunshine Coast 17 kmBrisbane 74 kmLogan City 93 kmGold Coast 137 kmToowoomba 143 kmMaryborough 146 km

Also tonight: the ISS

ISS pass times for Caloundra →

No visible pass of the International Space Station tonight. Next chance: Thursday 8 Oct at 6:58 pm, looking northwest. The space station is far brighter than Starlink satellites, so it is often the easier thing to spot.

Before you go out

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