The local space context of Ahvaz 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 | 31.319° N, 48.684° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 841,145 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mobile launchers in Basra region | 124 km SW (223°) | 30.500° N, 47.800° E | gcat-sites |
| Al 'Amarah (Al-Fakkah) missile launch site | 156 km WNW (292°) | 31.830° N, 47.150° E | gcat-sites |
| Umm Qasr (Um Qassir) | 158 km SSW (207°) | 30.050° N, 47.950° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iraq, near Al Amarah | 159 km WNW (290°) | 31.800° N, 47.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iran? | 300 km N (6°) | 34.000° N, 49.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Dasht-E-Kabir, Iran (Khatami Air Base?) | 338 km ENE (61°) | 32.750° N, 51.850° E | gcat-sites |
| Bakhtaran/Kermanshah Air Base, Iran | 364 km NNW (339°) | 34.357° N, 47.236° E | gcat-sites |
| South Shiraz Missile Base | 419 km ESE (119°) | 29.464° N, 52.488° E | gcat-sites |
| Qom test site, Markazi, Iran | 424 km NNE (29°) | 34.650° N, 50.900° E | gcat-sites |
| Jebel Himreen, Iraq | 435 km NW (314°) | 34.000° N, 45.300° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launcher, S of An Najaf | 438 km W (267°) | 31.000° N, 44.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iraq | 479 km WNW (294°) | 33.000° N, 44.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Unknown PrSM launch location, Persian Gulf | 530 km SSE (154°) | 27.000° N, 51.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Garmsar Missile Test Range | 542 km NE (40°) | 35.026° N, 52.473° E | gcat-sites |
| Kilometer 160, Ar Ramadi, Al Ambar, Iraq | 573 km WNW (295°) | 33.400° N, 43.100° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 15 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, 20,247 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 31.319° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,004 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 53.5° 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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