When can I see the ISS over Plymouth tonight?

The next ISS pass over Plymouth starts at 09:26 local time on Friday 16 Oct, reaching 69° above the horizon. It is not visible to the naked eye, though. The next one you can actually see is Saturday 17 Oct at 05:28, reaching 11°.

Which direction should I look?

The ISS always moves from roughly west to east. It looks like a very bright, fast, non-blinking star crossing the whole sky in a few minutes.

ISS over Plymouth — next pass times

Upcoming International Space Station passes over Plymouth, UK for the next 3 days, in local Plymouth time — computed from the latest orbital data and refreshed automatically.

🛰 Next ISS pass over Plymouth

Saturday 17 Oct · 05:28 · 11°

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🛰 Next visible pass after this one over Plymouth: Sat 17 Oct, 07:02

We'll email you the day before — and before every genuinely visible pass after that. Most crossings happen in daylight; we skip those.

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Date	Local time	Max height	Lasts	Viewing
Friday 16 Oct	09:26	69°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Friday 16 Oct	11:03	77°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Friday 16 Oct	12:40	22°	~6 min	☀ daylight

Saturday 17 Oct	05:28	11°	~2 min	possible
Saturday 17 Oct	07:02	47°	~7 min	★ good
Saturday 17 Oct	08:39	73°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Saturday 17 Oct	10:16	85°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Saturday 17 Oct	11:53	31°	~6 min	☀ daylight
Sunday 18 Oct	06:15	34°	~7 min	★ good
Sunday 18 Oct	07:51	76°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Sunday 18 Oct	09:28	73°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Sunday 18 Oct	11:05	43°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Monday 19 Oct	05:28	24°	~6 min	possible
Monday 19 Oct	07:04	78°	~7 min	★ good
Monday 19 Oct	08:41	66°	~7 min	☀ daylight

When will the International Space Station pass over Plymouth?

ISS stands for the International Space Station — the largest and brightest human-made object in orbit around Earth. Passes over Plymouth above 10° in the next 10 days: 49. Of those, visible to the naked eye: 19.

The next pass of the International Space Station over Plymouth is on Friday 16 Oct at 09:26 local time, reaching 69° above the horizon. The next pass you can actually see is on Saturday 17 Oct at 05:28 (11° above the horizon).

How to spot it

Look for a bright, fast “star” that doesn't blink — the ISS outshines everything except the Moon and Venus.
It moves west to east, crossing the whole sky in 3–6 minutes.
Evening and pre-dawn passes are the visible ones — the station must be sunlit while your sky is dark. Daytime passes in the table are invisible to the eye.
Plymouth sits within the ISS's orbital band, so it can pass nearly straight overhead — those 70°+ passes are spectacular.