Satellites Tonight

Can I see Starlink tonight in Rustenburg?

No visible passes tonight.

Next good chance: Tuesday 13 Oct at 4:27 am, looking north.

Updated Times in local time (SAST)-25.67°, 27.24°
Next pass · Tuesday 13 Oct
Appears
4:27 am
north, 18°
Highest
4:53 am
31° north-northeast
Fades
4:57 am
east-northeast, 11°
NESW
≈ mag 3.5 · easyTrain · 24 satellitesLaunch 2026-225 · 28 September 2026

The next 8 nights at a glance

9 visible passes
dark skytraineasy (mag ≤ 3.5)moderate (≤ 4)faint (≤ 5)

Pass times, night by night

start · path · brightness

Tonight · Wednesday 7 Oct

dark 6:37 pm – 5:20 am
No visible passes tonight.

Thursday 8 Oct – Saturday 10 Oct

no visible passes

Sunday 11 Oct

dark 6:39 pm – 5:16 am
4:46 amto 4:50 am · 5 min
N → ENE, highest 15° NNEappears north at 11°, low at the top
≈ mag 5 · faintTrain · 2
5:04 amto 5:08 am · 4 min
NNW → ENE, highest 21° NNEappears north-northwest at 11°, low at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 1

Monday 12 Oct

dark 6:40 pm – 5:15 am
4:27 amto 4:57 am · 30 min
N → ENE, highest 31° NNEappears north at 18°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3.5 · easyTrain · 24

Tuesday 13 Oct

dark 6:40 pm – 5:14 am
4:27 amto 4:30 am · 3 min
N → E, highest 35° NNEappears north at 34°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3.5 · easyTrain · 1
4:47 amto 5:14 am · 27 min
NW → E, highest 81° Nappears northwest at 24°, almost overhead at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 24

Wednesday 14 Oct

dark 6:41 pm – 5:13 am
3:40 amto 4:05 am · 25 min
E → E, highest 30° ENEappears east at 12°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 13
4:10 amto 4:12 am · 2 min
ENE → E, highest 36° ENEappears east-northeast at 36°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 4 · moderateTrain · 1
4:44 amto 4:48 am · 4 min
WNW → ESE, highest 81° ESEappears west-northwest at 25°, almost overhead at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 1
5:01 amto 5:13 am · 12 min
W → ESE, highest 63° Sappears west at 13°, high at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 11

Magnitude 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 Rustenburg

Rustenburg is at 25.7°S. Tonight the sky is dark enough from 6:37 pm until 5:20 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 9 visible passes (0 in the evening, 9 before dawn); 6 of them should be easy to spot (estimated magnitude 4 or brighter).

The best one is on Wednesday 14 Oct at 4:47 am: it appears in the northwest, climbs to 81° in the north and fades in the east at about magnitude 2.5.

The passes come from these launches:

Satellites from launch 2026-219 (20 September 2026) are also low and bright, but they do not pass over Rustenburg while it is dark and they are sunlit in this period.

Questions

Can I see Starlink tonight in Rustenburg?

No visible passes tonight. Next good chance: Tuesday 13 Oct at 4:27 am, looking north.

When is the next Starlink train over Rustenburg?

Monday 12 Oct at 4:46 am: 2 satellites from launch 2026-225, appearing in the north and reaching 15°.

Which direction should I look for Starlink from Rustenburg?

This week most passes appear in the north or north-northwest. Each pass above lists where it appears, how high it climbs and where it fades.

Nearby cities

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Before you go out

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