Category: Satellite Passes

Science Outreach Specialists

Greater Toronto Area Space Station Flyovers for the week of December 19th, 2021

As shown above, on Monday, December 20, 2021 from 7:09 am to 7:16 am EST, the International Space Station will fly high overhead of the GTA in an extremely bright pass, rising from the west-southwestern horizon, and then flying through the Big Dipper before setting below the northeastern horizon near Vega. Artificial satellites are visible…
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Greater Toronto Area Space Station Flyovers for the week of December 12th, 2021

As shown above, on Saturday, December 18, 2021 from 7:08 am to 7:14 am EST, the International Space Station will fly over the GTA in a very bright pass, rising from the south-southwestern horizon, and then flying past the bright star Vega just before setting below the east-northeastern horizon. Artificial satellites are visible because they…
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Greater Toronto Area Space Station Flyovers for the week of December 5th, 2021

As shown above, on Tuesday, December 7, 2021 from 5:28 pm to 5:34 pm EST, the International Space Station will fly high overhead of the GTA in an extremely bright pass, rising from the west-northwestern horizon, and then flying past the bright star Deneb and through Pegasus’ square, before setting below the southeastern horizon. Artificial…
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Greater Toronto Area Space Station Flyovers for the week of November 28th, 2021

As shown above, on Saturday, December 4, 2021 from 6:13 pm to 6:17 pm EST, the International Space Station will fly high over the GTA in an extremely bright pass, rising from the northwestern horizon, and then flying through Cassiopeia before disappearing into Earth’s shadow high in the eastern sky between Perseus and Andromeda. Artificial…
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Greater Toronto Area Space Station Flyovers for the week of November 21st, 2021

As shown above, on Monday, November 22, 2021 from 5:56 pm to 6:01 pm EST, the International Space Station will fly high over the GTA in an extremely bright pass, rising from the west-southwestern horizon, and then flying through Cygnus and Cassiopeia before disappearing into Earth’s shadow over the northeastern horizon in Perseus. Artificial satellites…
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Greater Toronto Area Space Station Flyovers for the week of November 14th, 2021

As shown above, on Saturday, November 20, 2021 from 5:54 pm to 5:58 pm EST, the International Space Station will fly over the GTA in a very bright pass, rising from the south-southwestern horizon near Venus, and then flying under Saturn and Jupiter before disappearing into Earth’s shadow over the eastern horizon. Artificial satellites are…
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Greater Toronto Area Space Station Flyovers for the week of November 7th, 2021

As shown above, on Monday, November 8, 2021 from 5:47 am to 5:51 am EST, the International Space Station will fly over the GTA in a very bright pass, exiting Earth’s shadow in the western sky near the bright star Aldebaran, and then flying over Orion and Sirius before setting below the south-southeastern horizon. Artificial…
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Greater Toronto Area Space Station Flyovers for the week of October 31st, 2021

As shown above, on Saturday, November 6, 2021 from 6:44 am to 6:49 am EDT, the International Space Station will fly high over the GTA in an extremely bright pass, exiting Earth’s shadow in the northwestern sky near Perseus, and then flying over the Big Dipper’s bowl before setting below the east-southeastern horizon.  Artificial satellites…
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Greater Toronto Area Space Station Flyovers for the week of October 24th, 2021

As shown above, on Monday, October 25, 2021 from 6:30 am to 6:35 am EDT, the International Space Station will fly over the GTA in an extremely bright pass, exiting Earth’s shadow in the west-southwestern sky near Taurus, and then flying over the Big Dipper before setting below the northeastern horizon. Artificial satellites are visible…
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Greater Toronto Area Space Station Flyovers for the week of October 17th, 2021

As shown above, on Monday, October 18, 2021 from 8:02 pm to 8:04 pm EDT, the Chinese Tiangong Space Station will be visible from the GTA, rising from the southwestern horizon near Venus, and then entering Earth’s shadow above the southern horizon near Jupiter.  Artificial satellites are visible because they are high enough to be…
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