Can I see Starlink tonight in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu?
Only faint passes tonight.
Best: 4:52 am looking south-southeast, about magnitude 4.5. You will need a dark sky away from city lights.
The next 8 nights at a glance
4 visible passesPass times, night by night
start · path · brightnessTonight · Wednesday 7 Oct
dark 6:27 pm – 5:44 amThursday 8 Oct
dark 6:26 pm – 5:44 amFriday 9 Oct
dark 6:26 pm – 5:44 amSaturday 10 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 Thoothukudi →No visible pass of the International Space Station tonight. Next chance: Friday 9 Oct at 5:04 am, looking south-southeast. The space station is far brighter than Starlink satellites, so it is often the easier thing to spot.
Tiangong, China's space station
0 visible passes in 8 nightsNo visible pass of Tiangong over Thoothukudi in the next 8 nights. Like the ISS, it is seen in spells of a week or two when its track lines up with your dusk or dawn; this page is recomputed every 6 hours.
Seeing Starlink from Thoothukudi
Thoothukudi is at 8.8°N. Tonight the sky is dark enough from 6:27 pm until 5:44 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 (2 in the evening, 2 before dawn); 1 of them should be easy to spot (estimated magnitude 4 or brighter).
The best one is on Thursday 8 Oct at 6:26 pm: it appears in the north, 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 Thoothukudi while it is dark and they are sunlit in this period.
Questions
Can I see Starlink tonight in Thoothukudi?
Only faint passes tonight. Best: 4:52 am looking south-southeast, about magnitude 4.5. You will need a dark sky away from city lights.
When is the next Starlink train over Thoothukudi?
Thursday 8 Oct at 4:52 am: 4 satellites from launch 2026-225, appearing in the south-southeast and reaching 17°.
Which direction should I look for Starlink from Thoothukudi?
This week most passes appear in the south-southeast or south-southwest. Each pass above lists where it appears, how high it climbs and where it fades.