When can I see the ISS over Samara tonight?

The next ISS pass over Samara starts at 09:22 local time on Friday 16 Oct, reaching 67° above the horizon. It is not visible to the naked eye, though. The next one you can actually see is Saturday 17 Oct at 05:23, reaching 13°.

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 Samara — next pass times

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

🛰 Next ISS pass over Samara

Saturday 17 Oct · 05:23 · 13°

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🛰 Next visible pass after this one over Samara: Sun 18 Oct, 06:11

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	09:22	67°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Friday 16 Oct	10:58	35°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Friday 16 Oct	12:37	10°	~1 min	☀ daylight

Saturday 17 Oct	05:23	13°	~3 min	possible
Saturday 17 Oct	06:58	41°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Saturday 17 Oct	08:34	68°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Saturday 17 Oct	10:11	43°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Saturday 17 Oct	11:49	14°	~4 min	☀ daylight
Sunday 18 Oct	06:11	31°	~6 min	★ good
Sunday 18 Oct	07:47	63°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Sunday 18 Oct	09:24	53°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Sunday 18 Oct	11:01	20°	~5 min	☀ daylight
Monday 19 Oct	05:24	24°	~6 min	possible
Monday 19 Oct	07:00	59°	~7 min	☀ daylight
Monday 19 Oct	08:36	61°	~7 min	☀ daylight

When will the International Space Station pass over Samara?

ISS stands for the International Space Station — the largest and brightest human-made object in orbit around Earth. Passes over Samara above 10° in the next 10 days: 45. Of those, visible to the naked eye: 16.

The next pass of the International Space Station over Samara is on Friday 16 Oct at 09:22 local time, reaching 67° above the horizon. The next pass you can actually see is on Saturday 17 Oct at 05:23 (13° 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.
Samara is outside the ISS's ±51.6° orbital band, so it always appears toward the horizon rather than overhead.