"There may be another opportunity for observers in the lower South Island to Canterbury on Sunday night from 8:44pm," says Dave.

The Tauranga Astronomical Society have posted the charts and data below on their Facebook page. Dave says they are from the Heavens-Above website with the viewing location set to Tauranga.

SpaceX lofted 52 of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit on October 5, just hours after launching astronauts toward the International Space Station for NASA.

The Starlink satellites lifted off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base Wednesday at 7.10 p.m. EDT (2310 GMT; 4.10 p.m. local California time).

The Falcon 9's first stage came back to Earth and made a pinpoint landing 8.5 minutes after launch on the SpaceX droneship Of Course I Still Love You, which was stationed in the Pacific Ocean.

While the Falcon 9 first stage came in for its landing, the upper stage continued powering its way to orbit. The 52 Starlink satellites were deployed as planned about 62 minutes after liftoff, SpaceX confirmed via Twitter.

Starlink is SpaceX's ever-growing megaconstellation that beams internet service to customers around the world. SpaceX has already lofted more than 3,400 Starlink satellites to date and plans to orbit many more: The company has approval to launch 12,000 of the spacecraft and has applied for permission for up to 30,000 on top of that.