Can I see Starlink tonight in Newcastle, New South Wales?
No visible passes tonight.
Next good chance: Friday 16 Oct at 5:19 am, looking north-northwest.
The next 8 nights at a glance
3 visible passesPass times, night by night
start · path · brightnessTonight · Thursday 8 Oct
dark 7:25 pm – 5:55 amFriday 9 Oct – Tuesday 13 Oct
no visible passesWednesday 14 Oct
dark 7:30 pm – 5:47 amThursday 15 Oct
dark 7:31 pm – 5:46 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 Newcastle →Yes — best chance 7:59 pm, looking north-northwest. Visible from 7:59 pm to 8:04 pm, halfway up in the sky (44°) at its highest; about magnitude -4, 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
5 visible passes in 8 nightsYes · 8:14 pm, look west-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 | 8:14 pm | 86° NNE | -2.5 |
| Friday 9 Oct | 8:52 pm | 19° WNW | 1 |
| Saturday 10 Oct | 7:52 pm | 41° NW | -1 |
| Sunday 11 Oct | 8:32 pm | 10° NW | 1.5 |
| Monday 12 Oct | 7:31 pm | 20° NW | 1 |
Local time. Brightness is a rough estimate (±1 magnitude; lower is brighter). How we compute this.
Seeing Starlink from Newcastle
Newcastle is at 32.9°S. Tonight the sky is dark enough from 7:25 pm until 5:55 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 3 visible passes (0 in the evening, 3 before dawn); 1 of them should be easy to spot (estimated magnitude 4 or brighter).
The best one is on Friday 16 Oct at 5:19 am: it appears in the north-northwest, climbs to 30° in the north and fades in the east-northeast at about magnitude 4.
The passes come from these launches:
- 2026-225, launched 28 September 2026 (train, 26 satellites, now 296–316 km up): 3 passes here
Satellites from launch 2026-219 (20 September 2026) are also low and bright, but they do not pass over Newcastle while it is dark and they are sunlit in this period.
Questions
Can I see Starlink tonight in Newcastle?
No visible passes tonight. Next good chance: Friday 16 Oct at 5:19 am, looking north-northwest.
When is the next Starlink train over Newcastle?
Thursday 15 Oct at 5:01 am: 14 satellites from launch 2026-225, appearing in the north and reaching 16°.
Which direction should I look for Starlink from Newcastle?
This week most passes appear in the north or north-northeast. Each pass above lists where it appears, how high it climbs and where it fades.