Can I see Starlink tonight in Kumasi?
Only faint passes tonight.
Best: 6:36 pm looking west-northwest, about magnitude 4.5. You will need a dark sky away from city lights.
The next 8 nights at a glance
3 visible passesPass times, night by night
start · path · brightnessTonight · Wednesday 7 Oct
dark 6:16 pm – 5:32 amThursday 8 Oct
dark 6:16 pm – 5:32 amFriday 9 Oct – Wednesday 14 Oct
no visible passesMagnitude 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 Kumasi
Kumasi is at 6.7°N. Tonight the sky is dark enough from 6:16 pm until 5:32 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 (2 in the evening, 1 before dawn); 0 of them should be easy to spot (estimated magnitude 4 or brighter).
The best one is on Wednesday 7 Oct at 6:36 pm: it appears in the west-northwest, climbs to 24° in the north-northwest and fades in the north-northeast at about magnitude 4.5.
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 Kumasi while it is dark and they are sunlit in this period.
Questions
Can I see Starlink tonight in Kumasi?
Only faint passes tonight. Best: 6:36 pm looking west-northwest, about magnitude 4.5. You will need a dark sky away from city lights.
When is the next Starlink train over Kumasi?
Wednesday 7 Oct at 6:36 pm: 14 satellites from launch 2026-225, appearing in the west-northwest and reaching 24°.
Which direction should I look for Starlink from Kumasi?
This week most passes appear in the west-northwest or southeast. Each pass above lists where it appears, how high it climbs and where it fades.
Nearby cities
All of Ghana →Also tonight: the ISS
ISS pass times for Kumasi →Yes — best chance 4:59 am, looking southeast. Visible from 4:59 am to 5:00 am, low in the sky (10°) at its highest; about magnitude 1.5, easy to see, even from a city. The space station is far brighter than Starlink satellites, so it is often the easier thing to spot.