Can I see Starlink tonight in East London?
No visible passes tonight.
Next chance, faint: Wednesday 14 Oct at 4:38 am, looking north.
The next 8 nights at a glance
3 visible passesPass times, night by night
start · path · brightnessTonight · Wednesday 7 Oct
dark 6:40 pm – 5:11 amThursday 8 Oct – Monday 12 Oct
no visible passesTuesday 13 Oct
dark 6:45 pm – 5:03 amWednesday 14 Oct
dark 6:46 pm – 5:02 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.
Seeing Starlink from East London
East London is at 33.0°S. Tonight the sky is dark enough from 6:40 pm until 5:11 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); 0 of them should be easy to spot (estimated magnitude 4 or brighter).
The best one is on Thursday 15 Oct at 4:47 am: it appears in the north-northwest, climbs to 23° in the north-northeast and fades in the east-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 East London while it is dark and they are sunlit in this period.
Questions
Can I see Starlink tonight in East London?
No visible passes tonight. Next chance, faint: Wednesday 14 Oct at 4:38 am, looking north.
When is the next Starlink train over East London?
Wednesday 14 Oct at 4:38 am: 19 satellites from launch 2026-225, appearing in the north and reaching 17°.
Which direction should I look for Starlink from East London?
This week most passes appear in the north-northwest or north. Each pass above lists where it appears, how high it climbs and where it fades.
Nearby cities
All of South Africa →Also tonight: the ISS
ISS pass times for East London →Yes — best chance 3:45 am, looking northeast. Visible from 3:45 am to 3:46 am, low in the sky (20°) at its highest; about magnitude -1.5, as bright as the brightest stars. The space station is far brighter than Starlink satellites, so it is often the easier thing to spot.