When to see the ISS from Punta Arenas
The International Space Station’s next passes over Punta Arenas, worked out from its latest orbital elements when this page loads, in local time. At 53.2° S it never passes overhead: at most it climbs about 70° above the northern horizon.
Next passes · worked out at
Next visible pass: tonight at 21:46.
It rises in the west, climbs to 44° and sets in the north-east 7 minutes later.
There are 4 visible passes over Punta Arenas in the next three days.
- Tuesday, October 2021:46–21:52west to north-east, up to 44°
- Tuesday, October 2023:23–23:27west to north, up to 15°
- Wednesday, October 2122:35–22:40west to north, up to 20°
- Thursday, October 2221:48–21:54west to north-east, up to 27°
Times are Punta Arenas time (GMT-3). Predicted from the orbital elements of Oct 20, 12:45 UTC. A pass needs a clear sky, and the times move when the station boosts its orbit.
Good to know
- A pass can be seen when the station is still in sunlight while the sky over Punta Arenas 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