Can I see Starlink tonight in Randburg?
No visible passes tonight.
Next good chance: Tuesday 13 Oct at 4:25 am, looking north.
The next 8 nights at a glance
10 visible passesPass times, night by night
start · path · brightnessTonight · Wednesday 7 Oct
dark 6:34 pm – 5:17 amThursday 8 Oct – Saturday 10 Oct
no visible passesSunday 11 Oct
dark 6:37 pm – 5:12 amMonday 12 Oct
dark 6:37 pm – 5:11 amTuesday 13 Oct
dark 6:38 pm – 5:10 amWednesday 14 Oct
dark 6:38 pm – 5:09 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 Randburg
Randburg is at 26.1°S. Tonight the sky is dark enough from 6:34 pm until 5:17 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 10 visible passes (0 in the evening, 10 before dawn); 8 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 west-northwest, climbs to 85° in the southwest and fades in the east-southeast at about magnitude 2.5.
The passes come from these launches:
- 2026-225, launched 28 September 2026 (train, 26 satellites, now 296–316 km up): 10 passes here
Satellites from launch 2026-219 (20 September 2026) are also low and bright, but they do not pass over Randburg while it is dark and they are sunlit in this period.
Questions
Can I see Starlink tonight in Randburg?
No visible passes tonight. Next good chance: Tuesday 13 Oct at 4:25 am, looking north.
When is the next Starlink train over Randburg?
Monday 12 Oct at 4:49 am: 2 satellites from launch 2026-225, appearing in the north and reaching 15°.
Which direction should I look for Starlink from Randburg?
This week most passes appear in the north or northwest. 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 Randburg →Yes — best chance 3:45 am, looking east. Visible from 3:45 am to 3:47 am, halfway up in the sky (28°) at its highest; about magnitude -1, as bright as the brightest stars. The space station is far brighter than Starlink satellites, so it is often the easier thing to spot.