When can I see the ISS over Ürümqi tonight?

The next ISS pass over Ürümqi starts at 01:35 local time on Tuesday 1 Sept, reaching 69° above the horizon. It is not visible to the naked eye, though. The next one you can actually see is Tuesday 1 Sept at 04:50, reaching 21°.

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 Ürümqi — next pass times

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

🛰 Next ISS pass over Ürümqi

Tuesday 1 Sept · 04:50 · 21°

—:——:——Watch it live in 3D →

🛰 Next visible pass after this one over Ürümqi: Tue 1 Sept, 06:27

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

Free · no account · unsubscribe anytime

✈ Telegram

3D sky view · track the ISS in real time

Date	Local time	Max height	Lasts	Viewing
Tuesday 1 Sept	01:35	69°	~7 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow

Tuesday 1 Sept	03:12	28°	~6 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow
Tuesday 1 Sept	04:50	21°	~5 min	possible
Tuesday 1 Sept	06:27	44°	~7 min	★ good
Tuesday 1 Sept	08:04	29°	~6 min	☀ daylight
Wednesday 2 Sept	00:48	42°	~7 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow
Wednesday 2 Sept	02:25	35°	~6 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow
Wednesday 2 Sept	04:03	21°	~5 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow
Wednesday 2 Sept	05:40	33°	~6 min	★ good
Wednesday 2 Sept	07:16	48°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Thursday 3 Sept	00:01	26°	~6 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow
Thursday 3 Sept	01:37	47°	~7 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow
Thursday 3 Sept	03:15	22°	~6 min	🌑 in Earth's shadow

When will the International Space Station pass over Ürümqi?

ISS stands for the International Space Station — the largest and brightest human-made object in orbit around Earth. Passes over Ürümqi above 10° in the next 10 days: 54. Of those, visible to the naked eye: 13.

The next pass of the International Space Station over Ürümqi is on Tuesday 1 Sept at 01:35 local time, reaching 69° above the horizon. The next pass you can actually see is on Tuesday 1 Sept at 04:50 (21° 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.
Ürümqi sits within the ISS's orbital band, so it can pass nearly straight overhead — those 70°+ passes are spectacular.