Can I see Starlink tonight in Tirunelveli, 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
3 visible passesPass times, night by night
start · path · brightnessTonight · Wednesday 7 Oct
dark 6:29 pm – 5:46 amThursday 8 Oct
dark 6:28 pm – 5:46 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 Tirunelveli
Tirunelveli is at 8.7°N. Tonight the sky is dark enough from 6:29 pm until 5:46 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 (1 in the evening, 2 before dawn); 0 of them should be easy to spot (estimated magnitude 4 or brighter).
The best one is on Thursday 8 Oct at 6:27 pm: it appears in the north-northeast, climbs to 18° in the north-northeast and fades in the northeast at about magnitude 4.5.
The passes come from these launches:
- 2026-225, launched 28 September 2026 (train, 26 satellites, now 296–315 km up): 3 passes here
Satellites from launch 2026-219 (20 September 2026) are also low and bright, but they do not pass over Tirunelveli while it is dark and they are sunlit in this period.
Questions
Can I see Starlink tonight in Tirunelveli?
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 Tirunelveli?
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 Tirunelveli?
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.