When to see the ISS from Gagarin, Russia

The International Space Station’s next passes over Gagarin, worked out from its latest orbital elements when this page loads, in local time. At 55.6° N it never passes overhead: at most it climbs about 43° above the southern horizon.

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Next visible pass: this morning at 06:54.

It stays low: it rises in the west, reaches 17° and sets in the south 5 minutes later, so look for a clear view that way.

There are 6 visible passes over Gagarin in the next three days.

The highest is tomorrow morning at 04:29, at 41°.

  • Wednesday, October 2806:54–06:58west to south, up to 17°
  • Thursday, October 2904:29–04:36west to south-east, up to 41°
  • Thursday, October 2906:06–06:11west to south-east, up to 22°
  • Friday, October 3005:18–05:24west to south-east, up to 27°
  • Saturday, October 3104:31–04:37west to south-east, up to 32°
  • Saturday, October 3106:08–06:12south-west to south, up to 13°

Times are Gagarin time (GMT+3). Predicted from the orbital elements of Oct 27, 04:14 UTC. A pass needs a clear sky, and the times move when the station boosts its orbit.

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Good to know

  • A pass can be seen when the station is still in sunlight while the sky over Gagarin is dark, in the hours after sunset or before dawn. It looks like a bright, steady star crossing the sky in a few minutes.
  • The times are predicted from the latest published orbital elements, not observed, and cloud isn’t taken into account.
  • Passes are counted from 10° above the horizon, where buildings and haze stop hiding them.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Where is the ISS now?, Satellite tracker, Day and night, live

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