Satellites Visible Tonight from Bikaner

Satellites visible from Bikaner (28.0229°N, 73.3119°E) tonight, with the IST start time, direction, peak height and brightness of each pass. A pass is listed only when the satellite clears 10°, is sunlit, your sky is dark and it reaches about magnitude 4.5.

Bikaner lies in the Thar about 274 km north-west of Jaipur, built around the red sandstone Junagarh fort. The national camel research centre sits on its outskirts, and beyond the city the desert opens into long, flat horizons with very few lights.

When the sky works in Bikaner

Bikaner sees only a short, light monsoon in July and August. Dust storms sweep in from April to June, so October to March is the reliable season, with crisp, cold winter nights.

Darker skies near Bikaner

The desert roads out towards the Pakistan border, west of the city, cross some of the emptiest country in Rajasthan.

Nearby cities

Pass times for Jodhpur, Ajmer.

Which satellites are visible from Bikaner?

The ISS is the brightest at magnitude -3 to -4, followed by China's Tiangong station, large Earth-observation satellites, spent rocket bodies and Starlink trains in the days after a launch. GPS and NavIC satellites orbit too high to see with the naked eye.