The local space context of Adana 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 | 36.986° N, 35.325° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,816,750 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syrian missile base, Minakh, N of Halab/Alleppo, Syria (Base at Al Safir) | 161 km ESE (108°) | 36.519° N, 37.039° E | gcat-sites |
| Syrian missile base, Al Safir, Aleppo, Syria (Base at Al Safir) | 210 km ESE (120°) | 36.034° N, 37.351° E | gcat-sites |
| Hama missile base, Syria | 242 km SSE (149°) | 35.121° N, 36.711° E | gcat-sites |
| Syrian missile base, unknown, N of Halab/Alleppo?, Syria | 327 km SE (132°) | 35.000° N, 38.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Dbayeh launch site, LRS | 341 km S (176°) | 33.930° N, 35.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Al Nasriyah missile base, Syria | 368 km SSE (157°) | 33.928° N, 36.877° E | gcat-sites |
| Sinop missile test site, Turkey | 561 km N (359°) | 42.031° N, 35.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Eastern Mediterranean Sea | 568 km SSW (193°) | 32.000° N, 34.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Israeli Air Force Test Range, Palmachim Beach, Israel | 568 km S (186°) | 31.900° N, 34.700° E | gcat-sites |
| Sdot HaElah (Sdot Micha) Airbase | 583 km S (184°) | 31.755° N, 34.910° E | gcat-sites |
| H3 (al-Wallid) Airbase, Al Anbar | 604 km SE (137°) | 32.930° N, 39.740° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iraq, western launch area | 612 km ESE (121°) | 34.000° N, 41.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Tall' Afar Air Base | 637 km E (95°) | 36.280° N, 42.410° E | gcat-sites |
| Rize-Artvin Havalimani | 665 km NE (44°) | 41.169° N, 40.829° E | gcat-sites |
| Negev Desert test site, Hadarom Hanegev, Israel | 666 km S (183°) | 31.000° N, 35.000° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 18 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evpatoria RT-70 | 929 km N (350°) | 45.189° N, 33.187° E | signals |
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, 20,024 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 36.986° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,227 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 47.1° 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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