Tauranga stargazers who have missed the Starlink satellite train over the past two evenings will have another chance to view it Friday and Saturday night.

Elon Musk's SpaceX-operated satellite convoy is a popular sight for those who like to look up at the sky on a clear evening and conditions may prove helpful.

MetService is predicting minimal cloud cover this evening, as we enter the final weekend of the summer. With sunset at 8.01pm, it is possible the spectacle is visible, however the sky will have to be dark enough.

The Tauranga Astronomical Society have posted on Facebook that the train, official name Starlink G4-8, will be visible tonight from 8:30pm, as seen from Tauranga.

For observers in Tauranga and the upper North Island, Starlink will be highest in the south-east half of the sky at around 8:33pm - reaching a maximum altitude angle of 75 degrees at 8:33pm.

For observers in Christchurch and South, Starlink will rise in the South West at 8:28pm.

Starlink will rise in the South West as it passes parallel to the West coast of the South Island before passing right over the central North Island, heading North East.

For observers in the lower North Island and the South Island, Starlink will be highest in the north west.

The train will disappear into the shadow cast by the Earth at 8:36pm

There will be another pass on Saturday night from around 8:48pm, which may provide better visibility due to its later time.