The local space context of Abū Ghurayb as this registry holds it — the catalogued human footprint on the ground around it, the orbits that can pass overhead, and the geostationary belt seen from here.
| position | 33.306° N, 44.185° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 900,000 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mobile launchers in Iraq | 38 km SSW (207°) | 33.000° N, 44.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Kilometer 160, Ar Ramadi, Al Ambar, Iraq | 101 km W (276°) | 33.400° N, 43.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Jebel Himreen, Iraq | 129 km NE (53°) | 34.000° N, 45.300° E | gcat-sites |
| Al-Anbar base, Al-Anbar province, Iraq | 222 km SW (233°) | 32.100° N, 42.300° E | gcat-sites |
| Al Nikheb (Al Nuqaub) | 229 km SW (232°) | 32.030° N, 42.260° E | gcat-sites |
| Kirkuk region, Iraq | 241 km N (5°) | 35.470° N, 44.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launcher, S of An Najaf | 256 km S (182°) | 31.000° N, 44.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Saddam Air Base | 290 km NNW (341°) | 35.760° N, 43.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iraq, western launch area | 305 km WNW (286°) | 34.000° N, 41.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Bakhtaran/Kermanshah Air Base, Iran | 305 km ENE (67°) | 34.357° N, 47.236° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iraq, near Al Amarah | 320 km ESE (121°) | 31.800° N, 47.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Al 'Amarah (Al-Fakkah) missile launch site | 323 km ESE (120°) | 31.830° N, 47.150° E | gcat-sites |
| Missile base, Kurdistan province, Iran | 343 km NNE (28°) | 36.000° N, 46.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Tall' Afar Air Base | 368 km NNW (334°) | 36.280° N, 42.410° E | gcat-sites |
| H3 (al-Wallid) Airbase, Al Anbar | 416 km W (265°) | 32.930° N, 39.740° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 23 more within 1000 km | |||
Distances are great-circle on a sphere of mean radius 6,371 km; bearings are initial true bearings from the city. Each position is the source catalogue's own, read back from the registry.
Of the 23,251 artificial objects the registry places in Earth orbit on 2026-10-18, 20,206 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 33.306° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,045 never reach this latitude.
| space station | inclination | can pass overhead |
|---|---|---|
| Bai Xiang | 85.0° | yes |
| International Space Station (+3 docked records) | 51.6° | yes |
| Kosmos-382 | 55.9° | yes |
| Tianhe | 41.5° | yes |
Computed: an orbit's equatorial inclination bounds the latitudes its track reaches (inclination i, or 180° − i when retrograde), from the orbital elements the registry holds. «Can pass overhead» is geometry, not a schedule — when, and whether it is lit and visible, depends on the hour.
The geostationary belt arcs across the southern sky and stands 51.3° above the horizon due south — the elevation to aim at for a satellite at this city's own longitude. Computed: spherical Earth (equatorial radius 6,378.137 km), circular orbit of one sidereal day (42,164 km); good to a few tenths of a degree.
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