Satellite passes

Visible passes of the brightest crewed stations and the Hubble Space Telescope over the next ten nights, computed from the current orbits for your location. A pass is listed when the satellite is sunlit, stands at least 10° up and the Sun is at least 6° below your horizon.

International Space Station Full page

Next visible pass of the International Space Station from New York: Wed, Oct 14 at 5:49 AM, appearing in the S, climbing to 22° in the SE, visible for 5 min 21 s.

Night	Appears	Highest	Disappears	Visible for
Wed, Oct 14	5:49 AM S	5:52 AM 22° SE	5:54 AM E	5 min 21 s
Thu, Oct 15	5:03 AM SSE · out of Earth’s shadow	5:05 AM 13° SE	5:06 AM E	2 min 54 s
Thu, Oct 15	6:38 AM WSW	6:40 AM 34° WSW	6:40 AM WSW	2 min 7 s
Fri, Oct 16	5:52 AM SW · out of Earth’s shadow	5:54 AM 66° SE	5:57 AM ENE	5 min 24 s
Sat, Oct 17	5:07 AM ESE · out of Earth’s shadow	5:07 AM 35° ESE	5:10 AM ENE	2 min 46 s
Sat, Oct 17	6:40 AM W	6:42 AM 20° WNW	6:42 AM WNW	1 min 38 s
Sun, Oct 18	5:55 AM WNW · out of Earth’s shadow	5:56 AM 44° NNW	5:59 AM NE	4 min 18 s
Mon, Oct 19	5:10 AM NE · out of Earth’s shadow	5:10 AM 34° NE	5:12 AM NE	2 min 8 s
Mon, Oct 19	6:43 AM WNW	6:44 AM 13° NW	6:44 AM NW	0 min 42 s
Tue, Oct 20	5:57 AM NW · out of Earth’s shadow	5:58 AM 22° NNW	6:01 AM NNE	3 min 28 s
Wed, Oct 21	5:12 AM NNE · out of Earth’s shadow	5:12 AM 21° NNE	5:14 AM NE	1 min 32 s
Thu, Oct 22	6:00 AM NNW · out of Earth’s shadow	6:01 AM 15° NNW	6:03 AM NNE	2 min 58 s
Fri, Oct 23	5:14 AM NNE · out of Earth’s shadow	5:14 AM 15° NNE	5:15 AM NNE	1 min 4 s

Tiangong space station

Next visible pass of the Tiangong space station from New York: Thu, Oct 22 at 7:53 PM, appearing in the SW, climbing to 19° in the SSW, visible for 1 min 22 s.

Night	Appears	Highest	Disappears	Visible for
Thu, Oct 22	7:53 PM SW	7:54 PM 19° SSW	7:54 PM SSW · into Earth’s shadow	1 min 22 s

Hubble Space Telescope

No visible pass of the Hubble Space Telescope from New York in the next 10 nights.

Passes for the next 10 nights, computed from the latest orbital elements. Times may shift by a minute or two as the orbit is adjusted. Appears and disappears are the moments the satellite crosses 10° above the horizon or the edge of Earth’s shadow.

Star trails curving around the celestial pole above the glowing edge of Earth’s atmosphere, from orbit — Star trails in a long exposure from the International Space Station over Western Australia on 1 October 2024: the sky appears to turn around the celestial pole. Photo: NASA

Pass predictions: SGP4 propagation (satellite.js) of the GP orbital data from CelesTrak GP data (Oct 13, 2026). Calculated with Astronomy Engine, an open-source library verified against the US Naval Observatory and NASA JPL. Data sources

How to use this page

Choose your place at the top. The page lists the visible passes over the next nights, when each starts, how high it climbs and in which direction it moves, worked out from the latest orbital data.

Frequently asked questions

Why can I only see satellites at dawn and dusk?

A satellite shines by reflecting sunlight. It is visible when it is still in sunlight high above you while your sky is already dark, which happens in the hours after sunset and before sunrise.

How bright is the space station?

On a good pass the ISS is brighter than any star in the sky and crosses it steadily in a few minutes, without blinking like an aircraft.

Why does a pass end in the middle of the sky?

The satellite enters Earth’s shadow and disappears, even though it is still above the horizon.