dark skytraineasy (mag ≤ 3.5)moderate (≤ 4)faint (≤ 5)
Pass times, night by night
start · path · brightness
Tonight · Wednesday, Oct 7
dark 7:23 pm – 6:55 am
No visible passes tonight.
Thursday, Oct 8
no visible passes
Friday, Oct 9
dark 7:21 pm – 6:56 am
7:56 pmto 8:18 pm · 21 min
S → SSE, highest 14° Sappears south at 10°, low at the top
≈ mag 5 · faintTrain · 21
Saturday, Oct 10
dark 7:19 pm – 6:57 am
7:33 pmto 7:35 pm · 3 min
S → SE, highest 12° SSEappears south at 11°, low at the top
≈ mag 5 · faintTrain · 2
7:49 pmto 7:51 pm · 2 min
SSW → SSE, highest 17° SSEappears south-southwest at 11°, low at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 1
7:59 pmto 8:01 pm · 2 min
SSW → SSE, highest 19° SSEappears south-southwest at 12°, low at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 1
8:13 pmto 8:31 pm · 18 min
SW → S, highest 21° SSWappears southwest at 12°, low at the top
≈ mag 4.5 · faintTrain · 22
Sunday, Oct 11
dark 7:18 pm – 6:58 am
7:38 pmto 7:42 pm · 3 min
SSW → SE, highest 20° SSEappears south-southwest at 12°, low at the top
≈ mag 4 · moderateTrain · 2
8:03 pmto 8:06 pm · 2 min
SW → SSE, highest 29° SSEappears southwest at 11°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3.5 · easyTrain · 1
8:16 pmto 8:18 pm · 2 min
SW → SSW, highest 28° SSWappears southwest at 11°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 4 · moderateTrain · 1
8:32 pmto 8:48 pm · 16 min
WSW → SW, highest 20° SWappears west-southwest at 11°, low at the top
≈ mag 5 · faintTrain · 22
Monday, Oct 12
dark 7:17 pm – 6:58 am
7:16 pmto 7:38 pm · 22 min
SSE → ESE, highest 31° SSEappears south-southeast at 23°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 4 · moderateTrain · 22
7:44 pmto 7:48 pm · 3 min
SW → SE, highest 32° SSEappears southwest at 12°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3.5 · easyTrain · 2
8:20 pmto 8:22 pm · 2 min
WSW → SW, highest 31° SWappears west-southwest at 11°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 4 · moderateTrain · 1
8:34 pmto 8:36 pm · 1 min
WSW → WSW, highest 22° WSWappears west-southwest at 12°, low at the top
≈ mag 5 · faintTrain · 1
Tuesday, Oct 13
dark 7:16 pm – 6:59 am
7:17 pmto 7:22 pm · 5 min
SW → E, highest 36° SSEappears southwest at 12°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3.5 · easyTrain · 1
7:25 pmto 8:00 pm · 34 min
WSW → ESE, highest 50° SSEappears west-southwest at 12°, high at the top
≈ mag 3 · easyTrain · 24
Wednesday, Oct 14
dark 7:15 pm – 7:00 am
7:19 pmto 7:24 pm · 5 min
WSW → E, highest 47° Sappears west-southwest at 12°, halfway up at the top
≈ mag 3 · easyTrain · 1
7:35 pmto 7:54 pm · 19 min
WSW → ESE, highest 56° Sappears west-southwest at 11°, high at the top
≈ mag 3 · easyTrain · 11
7:57 pmto 8:21 pm · 25 min
WSW → SE, highest 58° Sappears west-southwest at 12°, high at the top
≈ mag 2.5 · brightTrain · 14
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 Tyler
Tyler is at 32.4°N. Tonight the sky is dark enough from 7:23 pm until 6:55 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 7:57 pm: it appears in the west-southwest, climbs to 58° in the south and fades in the 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): 18 passes here
Satellites from launch 2026-219 (20 September 2026) are also low and bright, but they do not pass over Tyler while it is dark and they are sunlit in this period.
Questions
Can I see Starlink tonight in Tyler?
No visible passes tonight. Next good chance: Sunday, Oct 11 at 7:38 pm, looking south-southwest.
When is the next Starlink train over Tyler?
Friday, Oct 9 at 7:56 pm: 21 satellites from launch 2026-225, appearing in the south and reaching 14°.
Which direction should I look for Starlink from Tyler?
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.
No visible pass of the International Space Station tonight. Next chance: Monday, Oct 12 at 6:18 am, looking south. The space station is far brighter than Starlink satellites, so it is often the easier thing to spot.