Can I see Starlink tonight in Richmond, VA?
No visible passes tonight.
Next chance, faint: Monday, Oct 12 at 7:35 pm, looking south.
The next 8 nights at a glance
7 visible passesPass times, night by night
start · path · brightnessTonight · Wednesday, Oct 7
dark 7:11 pm – 6:45 amThursday, Oct 8 – Sunday, Oct 11
no visible passesMonday, Oct 12
dark 7:03 pm – 6:49 amTuesday, Oct 13
dark 7:02 pm – 6:50 amWednesday, Oct 14
dark 7:01 pm – 6:51 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 Richmond
Richmond is at 37.6°N. Tonight the sky is dark enough from 7:11 pm until 6:45 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 7 visible passes (7 in the evening, 0 before dawn); 0 of them should be easy to spot (estimated magnitude 4 or brighter).
The best one is on Wednesday, Oct 14 at 7:20 pm: it appears in the south-southwest, climbs to 20° in the south and fades in the southeast 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): 7 passes here
Satellites from launch 2026-219 (20 September 2026) are also low and bright, but they do not pass over Richmond while it is dark and they are sunlit in this period.
Questions
Can I see Starlink tonight in Richmond?
No visible passes tonight. Next chance, faint: Monday, Oct 12 at 7:35 pm, looking south.
When is the next Starlink train over Richmond?
Monday, Oct 12 at 7:35 pm: 1 satellites from launch 2026-225, appearing in the south and reaching 12°.
Which direction should I look for Starlink from Richmond?
This week most passes appear in the south-southwest or south. Each pass above lists where it appears, how high it climbs and where it fades.