The local space context of Adelaide 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 | 34.929° S, 138.599° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,469,163 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woomera Instrumented Range, Woomera, South Australia | 486 km NNW (336°) | 30.925° S, 136.500° E | gcat-sites |
| Southern Launch Koonibba launch site | 586 km NW (304°) | 31.886° S, 133.448° E | gcat-sites |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maralinga | 845 km NW (307°) | 30.160° S, 131.580° E | nuclear-tests |
| Emu Field | 908 km NW (318°) | 28.700° S, 132.370° E | nuclear-tests |
| DSN Canberra | 945 km E (96°) | 35.401° S, 148.982° E | signals |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| TOTEM | 842 km NNW (335°) | 28.000° S, 135.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| BUFFALO: Rl | 899 km NW (305°) | 30.000° S, 131.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| BUFFALO: R3 | 899 km NW (305°) | 30.000° S, 131.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| BUFFALO:R4 | 899 km NW (305°) | 30.000° S, 131.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| ANTLER:1 | 899 km NW (305°) | 30.000° S, 131.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| ANTLER:2 | 899 km NW (305°) | 30.000° S, 131.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| ANTLER:3 | 899 km NW (305°) | 30.000° S, 131.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| BUFFALO:R2 | 899 km NW (305°) | 30.000° S, 131.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| TOTEM:1 | 910 km NW (318°) | 28.700° S, 132.350° E | nuclear-tests |
| TOTEM:2 | 910 km NW (318°) | 28.700° S, 132.350° E | nuclear-tests |
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, 20,177 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 34.929° S, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,074 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 northern sky and stands 49.4° above the horizon due north — 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.
/sim.html#sel=EARTH&tn=1,
then stand at Adelaide in Stargazing — it computes which satellites are visible now, from this
registry, in your browser.