Satellites Visible Tonight from Kota

Satellites visible from Kota (25.2138°N, 75.8648°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.

Kota lies on the Chambal about 189 km south of Jaipur, best known nationally as India's coaching capital. The Chambal's gorge cuts through the city, and the Mukundra Hills to the south hold a tiger reserve with forested ridges.

When the sky works in Kota

Kota's monsoon runs from late June into September. Its summers rank among the hottest in Rajasthan, and the dry months after the rains give the clearest nights.

Darker skies near Kota

Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve, south of the city, is forested and almost unlit.

Nearby cities

Pass times for Ajmer, Jaipur.

Which satellites are visible from Kota?

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.