Satellites Visible Tonight from Dharamshala

Satellites visible from Dharamshala (32.2190°N, 76.3234°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.

Dharamshala clings to the Kangra valley slope about 148 km north-west of Shimla, with the Dhauladhar range rising abruptly to snow peaks behind it. McLeod Ganj, the Tibetan settlement above the town, sits higher still; the mountains block the northern sky, but the view south over the valley is wide.

When the sky works in Dharamshala

Dharamshala ranks among the wettest towns in Himachal, with very heavy rain from July to September. October, November and the dry spells between winter storms bring its clearest nights.

Darker skies near Dharamshala

Triund, a ridge about 9 km above McLeod Ganj at roughly 2,850 m, is a popular overnight camp under dark skies.

Nearby cities

Pass times for Mandi, Manali.

Which satellites are visible from Dharamshala?

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.