Satellites Visible Tonight from Darjeeling

Satellites visible from Darjeeling (27.0410°N, 88.2663°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.

Darjeeling clings to a ridge at about 2,050 m, facing Kanchenjunga across the valleys to the north. Tiger Hill, above the town at about 2,590 m, is where crowds gather before dawn to watch the sun light the eastern Himalaya.

When the sky works in Darjeeling

The monsoon is very wet, from June to September. October, November and the dry weeks of winter offer clear, cold nights.

Darker skies near Darjeeling

Tiger Hill, about 11 km from town at around 2,590 m, is darker than the ridge-top town.

Nearby cities

Pass times for Siliguri, Gangtok.

Which satellites are visible from Darjeeling?

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.