dark skytraineasy (mag ≤ 3.5)moderate (≤ 4)faint (≤ 5)
Pass times, night by night
start · path · brightness
Tonight · Wednesday, Oct 7
dark 7:32 pm – 7:02 am
No visible passes tonight.
Thursday, Oct 8
no visible passes
Friday, Oct 9
dark 7:30 pm – 7:03 am
7:30 pmto 7:49 pm · 19 min
SSE → SSE, highest 13° SSEappears south-southeast at 10°, low at the top
≈ mag 5 · faintTrain · 18
8:27 pmto 8:29 pm · 2 min
SW → SSW, highest 16° SSWappears southwest at 10°, low at the top
≈ mag 5 · faintTrain · 2
8:34 pmto 8:35 pm · 1 min
SW → SSW, highest 16° SSWappears southwest at 11°, low at the top
≈ mag 5 · faintTrain · 1
Saturday, Oct 10
dark 7:29 pm – 7:04 am
7:38 pmto 8:03 pm · 25 min
SSW → ESE, highest 28° SSEappears south-southwest at 10°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 4 · moderateTrain · 22
8:32 pmto 8:35 pm · 2 min
WSW → SW, highest 21° SWappears west-southwest at 11°, low at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 2
Sunday, Oct 11
dark 7:27 pm – 7:05 am
7:40 pmto 7:45 pm · 4 min
SW → ESE, highest 34° SSEappears southwest at 12°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3.5 · easyTrain · 1
7:57 pmto 8:22 pm · 25 min
SW → ESE, highest 58° Sappears southwest at 12°, high at the top
≈ mag 3 · easyTrain · 22
8:38 pmto 8:40 pm · 2 min
WSW → WSW, highest 21° WSWappears west-southwest at 10°, low at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 2
Monday, Oct 12
dark 7:26 pm – 7:05 am
7:32 pmto 7:37 pm · 5 min
WSW → E, highest 47° SSEappears west-southwest at 12°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3 · easyTrain · 1
7:58 pmto 8:02 pm · 4 min
WSW → E, highest 68° SSEappears west-southwest at 11°, high at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 1
8:17 pmto 8:46 pm · 29 min
WSW → SE, highest 80° SEappears west-southwest at 12°, almost overhead at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 24
Tuesday, Oct 13
dark 7:25 pm – 7:06 am
7:25 pmto 7:33 pm · 9 min
WSW → E, highest 68° Sappears west-southwest at 28°, high at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 6
7:45 pmto 7:49 pm · 4 min
WSW → E, highest 82° SEappears west-southwest at 11°, almost overhead at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 1
8:17 pmto 8:19 pm · 3 min
W → WNW, highest 70° WNWappears west at 12°, high at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 1
8:37 pmto 8:59 pm · 22 min
W → W, highest 29° Wappears west at 12°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 20
Wednesday, Oct 14
dark 7:24 pm – 7:06 am
7:24 pmto 7:55 pm · 31 min
WSW → E, highest 88° Nappears west-southwest at 65°, almost overhead at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 23
7:58 pmto 8:02 pm · 3 min
W → ENE, highest 73° Nappears west at 10°, high at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 1
8:35 pmto 8:36 pm · 2 min
W → WNW, highest 29° WNWappears west at 12°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 1
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 Gainesville
Gainesville is at 29.7°N. Tonight the sky is dark enough from 7:32 pm until 7:02 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 18 visible passes (18 in the evening, 0 before dawn); 11 of them should be easy to spot (estimated magnitude 4 or brighter).
The best one is on Wednesday, Oct 14 at 7:24 pm: it appears in the west-southwest, climbs to 88° in the north and fades in the east at about magnitude 2.5.
The passes come from these launches:
2026-225, launched 28 September 2026 (train, 26 satellites, now 296–315 km up): 18 passes here
Satellites from launch 2026-219 (20 September 2026) are also low and bright, but they do not pass over Gainesville while it is dark and they are sunlit in this period.
Questions
Can I see Starlink tonight in Gainesville?
No visible passes tonight. Next good chance: Saturday, Oct 10 at 7:38 pm, looking south-southwest.
When is the next Starlink train over Gainesville?
Friday, Oct 9 at 7:30 pm: 18 satellites from launch 2026-225, appearing in the south-southeast and reaching 13°.
Which direction should I look for Starlink from Gainesville?
This week most passes appear in the west-southwest or southwest. Each pass above lists where it appears, how high it climbs and where it fades.