Can I see Starlink tonight in Mangaluru, Karnataka?
No visible passes tonight.
Next good chance: Thursday 8 Oct at 7:17 pm, looking west.
The next 8 nights at a glance
4 visible passesPass times, night by night
start · path · brightnessTonight · Wednesday 7 Oct
dark 6:38 pm – 5:58 amThursday 8 Oct
dark 6:38 pm – 5:58 amFriday 9 Oct
dark 6:37 pm – 5:59 amSaturday 10 Oct
dark 6:37 pm – 5:59 amSunday 11 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.
The ISS tonight
ISS pass times for Mangaluru →Yes — best chance 5:51 am, looking south-southeast. Visible from 5:51 am to 5:54 am, low in the sky (12°) 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.
Tiangong, China's space station
1 visible pass in 8 nightsNo visible pass of Tiangong over Mangaluru tonight. Next: Thursday 15 Oct at 5:49 am. It orbits about 386 km up, tilted 41.5° to the equator, and looks like a bright, steady star gliding across the sky.
| Night | Appears | Highest | Mag ≈ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday 15 Oct | 5:49 am | 15° NE | 1.5 |
Local time. Brightness is a rough estimate (±1 magnitude; lower is brighter). How we compute this.
Seeing Starlink from Mangaluru
Mangaluru is at 12.9°N. Tonight the sky is dark enough from 6:38 pm until 5:58 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 4 visible passes (4 in the evening, 0 before dawn); 2 of them should be easy to spot (estimated magnitude 4 or brighter).
The best one is on Friday 9 Oct at 6:37 pm: it appears in the west, climbs to 33° in the north-northwest and fades in the 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): 4 passes here
Satellites from launch 2026-219 (20 September 2026) are also low and bright, but they do not pass over Mangaluru while it is dark and they are sunlit in this period.
Questions
Can I see Starlink tonight in Mangaluru?
No visible passes tonight. Next good chance: Thursday 8 Oct at 7:17 pm, looking west.
When is the next Starlink train over Mangaluru?
Thursday 8 Oct at 7:17 pm: 4 satellites from launch 2026-225, appearing in the west and reaching 25°.
Which direction should I look for Starlink from Mangaluru?
This week most passes appear in the west or west-northwest. Each pass above lists where it appears, how high it climbs and where it fades.