See the ISS from Busan, South Korea

The International Space Station is visible from Busan 11 times in the next 10 days. The brightest is on Wed 11 Nov at 18:49 (very bright, 75° up).

WhenBrightnessWhere to look
Wed 4 Nov
04:30–04:31
Fairly bright
mag -1.2
Appears E, 20° up
Highest 20° up in the E
Disappears E, 10° up
Wed 4 Nov
06:03–06:07
Bright
mag -2.3
Appears W, 14° up
Highest 22° up in the SW
Disappears S, 10° up
Thu 5 Nov
05:18–05:20
Very bright
mag -3.0
Appears SSW, 39° up
Highest 39° up in the SSW
Disappears SSE, 10° up
Fri 6 Nov
04:33–04:33
Faint
mag -0.7
Appears SE, 13° up
Highest 13° up in the SE
Disappears SE, 10° up
Sun 8 Nov
19:32–19:32
Faint
mag -0.8
Appears SW, 10° up
Highest 12° up in the SSW
Disappears SSW, 12° up
Mon 9 Nov
18:45–18:47
Bright
mag -2.5
Appears SSW, 10° up
Highest 28° up in the SSE
Disappears SSE, 28° up
Tue 10 Nov
17:58–18:02
Fairly bright
mag -1.9
Appears SSE, 10° up
Highest 16° up in the SE
Disappears E, 11° up
Tue 10 Nov
19:33–19:35
Fairly bright
mag -1.4
Appears WSW, 10° up
Highest 22° up in the W
Disappears W, 22° up
Wed 11 Nov
18:46–18:50
Very bright
mag -3.7
Appears SW, 10° up
Highest 75° up in the NW
Disappears NNE, 52° up
Thu 12 Nov
17:58–18:04
Very bright
mag -3.6
Appears SSW, 10° up
Highest 55° up in the SE
Disappears ENE, 12° up
Thu 12 Nov
19:36–19:37
Faint
mag -0.8
Appears WNW, 10° up
Highest 14° up in the NW
Disappears NW, 14° up

Times are local to Busan (Asia/Seoul). Directions are compass points; 90° up is straight overhead. Lower magnitude means brighter.

Also for Busan: dark-sky calendar, the moonless hours each night.

How to spot it

Be outside a few minutes early, facing where it appears. The ISS looks like a bright, steady star moving across the sky. It doesn’t blink, and it crosses in a few minutes. It often vanishes before reaching the horizon as it passes into Earth’s shadow.

Other cities in South Korea

Updated 3 November 2026 at 04:00 UTC, from ISS orbit elements 0.4 days old. The station sometimes fires its engines to raise its orbit, which shifts times by a few seconds or more, so check again on the day. How these predictions are made.