{"id":625138,"date":"2026-05-05T16:32:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T16:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/625138\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T16:32:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T16:32:18","slug":"parade-of-satellites-visible-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/625138\/","title":{"rendered":"parade of satellites visible tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – You have a chance to see the Starlink satellite train tonight.<\/p>\n

Tonight, you have the opportunity to see the Starlink satellite train pass over Middle Tennessee. A mainly clear sky should set the stage for excellent viewing conditions.<\/p>\n

Starlink is a sophisticated group of satellites that orbit Earth in an effort to provide broadband internet connectivity across the entire globe. When seen during optimal viewing conditions, Starlink looks like a line of bright dots traversing the sky at a steady rate. Those dots (the individual satellites) look similar to stars.<\/p>\n

Last night, this is the way Starlink looked as it passed over Lebanon, Tennessee around 8:30 pm, courtesy of Rick Broyles.<\/p>\n

\"OverOver Lebanon, TN Sunday evening, May 3, 2026, by Rick Broyles.(wsmv)<\/p>\n

Tonight\u2019s viewing opportunity will be similar. According to this Starlink Satellites Tracker website<\/a>, Starlink will enter Middle Tennessee\u2019s field of view from the northwest at 8:39 pm. It\u2019ll exit the southern sky at 8:43 pm. The satellites should be almost directly overhead at 8:41 pm. IMPORTANT: As noted on the website (in the link provided above), timing errors are possible since sometimes the orbit of these satellites is changed with no notification. If I were you, I\u2019d head outdoors around 8:30 pm to let my eyes adjust and start looking, in case they show up early.<\/p>\n

Happy viewing!<\/p>\n

For life-saving weather alerts, customized messages on conditions and forecasts, and videos detailing upcoming weather events, download the WSMV 4 First Alert Weather app for iPhone<\/a> or Android<\/a>. Have weather pictures or videos? Share them here.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"WSMV\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – You have a chance to see the Starlink satellite train tonight. Tonight, you have…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":625139,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[270629,228324,6395,270645,10244,270657,270634,270655,270663,270662,270638,229666,270648,181640,270641,27900,270616,175340,129895,42692,1023,177842,270654,270647,181467,270656,178994,270646,51901,270642,270658,270643,270628,236571,2483,234031,27528,270626,270618,270617,270621,270624,270660,270659,270653,270666,270620,270623,270622,270665,229667,68924,270644,3774,270633,134968,270635,270640,72769,166149,79,25049,203301,270664,202750,193,270661,19161,88110,270627,270637,270636,270639,270625,270619,38995,270630,270632,270631,89008,136574,136575,270649,270652,237493,270650,270651,70263,270667,110990,173727,148930,202770,171964,270615,270614,270613],"class_list":["post-625138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-10-day-forecast","tag-7-day-forecast","tag-air-quality","tag-allergy-forecast","tag-aqi","tag-brentwood-weather","tag-chance-of-rain","tag-clarksville-weather","tag-columbia-tn-weather","tag-cookeville-weather","tag-damaging-winds","tag-dan-thomas","tag-dense-fog-advisory","tag-doppler-radar","tag-excessive-heat-warning","tag-first-alert-weather","tag-first-alert-weather-nashville","tag-flash-flood-warning","tag-flood-advisory","tag-flood-watch","tag-flooding","tag-fog","tag-franklin-tn-weather","tag-freeze-warning","tag-freezing-rain","tag-gallatin-weather","tag-hail","tag-hard-freeze","tag-heat-advisory","tag-heat-index","tag-hendersonville-weather","tag-hot-and-humid","tag-hourly-forecast","tag-hourly-weather","tag-ice","tag-large-hail","tag-lightning","tag-live-weather-radar","tag-mid-tn-weather","tag-middle-tennessee-weather","tag-middle-tn-forecast","tag-middle-tn-radar","tag-mount-juliet-weather","tag-mt-juliet-weather","tag-murfreesboro-weather","tag-nash-severe-wx","tag-nashville-forecast","tag-nashville-live-radar","tag-nashville-radar","tag-nashville-severe-weather","tag-nashville-weather","tag-ozone","tag-pollen-count","tag-power-outages","tag-rain-chances","tag-rainfall-forecast","tag-rainfall-totals","tag-river-flooding","tag-road-conditions","tag-school-closings","tag-science","tag-severe-weather","tag-sleet","tag-smyrna-tn-weather","tag-snow-forecast","tag-space","tag-spring-hill-weather","tag-starlink-satellites","tag-storm-damage","tag-storm-radar","tag-storm-timing","tag-storm-tracker","tag-straight-line-winds","tag-tennessee-radar","tag-tennessee-weather","tag-thunderstorms","tag-todays-forecast","tag-tomorrows-forecast","tag-tonights-forecast","tag-tornado-risk","tag-tornado-warning","tag-tornado-watch","tag-travel-conditions","tag-weather-advisory","tag-weather-alerts","tag-weather-warnings","tag-weather-watches","tag-weekend-forecast","tag-when-can-i-see-satellites-pass-overhead","tag-wind-advisory","tag-wind-chill","tag-winter-storm-warning","tag-winter-storm-watch","tag-winter-weather","tag-wsmv-first-alert","tag-wsmv-first-alert-weather","tag-wsmv-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=625138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/625139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}