Satellites Visible Tonight from Kohima

Satellites visible from Kohima (25.6751°N, 94.1086°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.

Nagaland's capital, Kohima, rides a ridge at about 1,450 m, with Japfu peak rising beyond 3,000 m to the south. The town was the site of the 1944 Battle of Kohima, remembered at the war cemetery on Garrison Hill, and the surrounding hills are densely forested.

When the sky works in Kohima

Kohima's wet months run from May through October. The Hornbill Festival at Kisama each December falls in the dry spell, which holds most of the year's clear nights.

Darker skies near Kohima

Dzukou valley, a trek of a few hours south of Kohima at around 2,400 m, is remote grassland with no lights at all.

Nearby cities

Pass times for Dimapur, Imphal.

Which satellites are visible from Kohima?

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.