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ISS Pass Times — Cape Town
When can you next see the International Space Station from Cape Town? Below is Cape Town's next genuinely visiblepass — computed from the Station's current orbit — with tonight's dark-sky window and a live finder that uses your exact spot for pinpoint times.
The Station next sails over Cape Town in 3 nights — a low but visible pass, rising in the SSW and setting in the E. Look for a steady, bright point of light gliding silently across the sky — no flashing, no sound. You'll need a reasonably clear sky.
Computed for Cape Town from the current NORAD orbital elements (CelesTrak) · elements from Jul 24, 2026. A visible pass needs the sky dark below and the Station still catching sunlight above — both are accounted for here.
Sun times computed for Cape Town (-33.9°, 18.4°) · local time.
Over Cape Town tonight, the sky is dark enough to spot a pass roughly from 6:59 PM until 7:44 AM — but the Station also has to be sunlit, so the best chances are in the hour or two after dusk and before dawn.
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