Satellites Visible Tonight from Rajkot

Satellites visible from Rajkot (22.3039°N, 70.8022°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.

Rajkot lies at about 130 m on the Saurashtra plateau, split into east and west halves by the Aji river, which runs dry for most of the year. With no big hills nearby, the horizon opens out on every side once you clear the city lights.

When the sky works in Rajkot

The monsoon is short here and now withdraws around 29 September by IMD's normal; the Aji and Nyari carry water only from July to September. October to February brings long runs of clear nights.

Darker skies near Rajkot

There is no recognised dark site near Rajkot; the nearest proper dark sky is the Rann of Kutch, where winter camps from November to February offer stargazing.

Planetarium and astronomy clubs

The Regional Science Centre at Madhapar, near Ishwariya Mahadev Temple, has six galleries and a 3D theatre (closed Mondays).

Nearby cities

Pass times for Jamnagar, Bhavnagar.

Which satellites are visible from Rajkot?

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.