Agege (NG)

The local space context of Agege 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.

position6.616° N, 3.333° EGeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0
population683,600 inhabitantsGeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0

On the ground within 1000 km

Launch sites — 1 within 1000 km

sitedistance · bearingpositionsource layer
1957 NRL USS Glacier cruise, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans802 km SW (217°)0.830° N, 0.990° Wgcat-sites

Nuclear detonations — 24 within 1000 km

sitedistance · bearingpositionsource layer
USSR test 2439998823 km SSW (207°)0.000° N, 0.000° Enuclear-tests
USSR test 2440000823 km SSW (207°)0.000° N, 0.000° Enuclear-tests
FAKEL823 km SSW (207°)0.000° N, 0.000° Enuclear-tests
KRISTALL823 km SSW (207°)0.000° N, 0.000° Enuclear-tests
GORIZONT823 km SSW (207°)0.000° N, 0.000° Enuclear-tests
KLIVAZH823 km SSW (207°)0.000° N, 0.000° Enuclear-tests
BUTAN823 km SSW (207°)0.000° N, 0.000° Enuclear-tests
BUTAN823 km SSW (207°)0.000° N, 0.000° Enuclear-tests
USSR test 2444416823 km SSW (207°)0.000° N, 0.000° Enuclear-tests
DEMOPHON823 km SSW (207°)0.000° N, 0.000° Enuclear-tests
ARISTEE823 km SSW (207°)0.000° N, 0.000° Enuclear-tests
DOLCETTO823 km SSW (207°)0.000° N, 0.000° Enuclear-tests
BRETON823 km SSW (207°)0.000° N, 0.000° Enuclear-tests
VERMEJO823 km SSW (207°)0.000° N, 0.000° Enuclear-tests
MACHAON823 km SSW (207°)0.000° N, 0.000° Enuclear-tests
… and 9 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.

What can pass overhead

Of the 23,251 artificial objects the registry places in Earth orbit on 2026-10-18, 22,005 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 6.616° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 1,246 never reach this latitude.

space stationinclinationcan pass overhead
Bai Xiang85.0°yes
International Space Station (+3 docked records)51.6°yes
Kosmos-38255.9°yes
Tianhe41.5°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 from here

The geostationary belt arcs across the southern sky and stands 82.2° 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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