The local space context of Al Aḩmadī 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 | 29.077° N, 48.084° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 637,411 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Umm Qasr (Um Qassir) | 109 km N (353°) | 30.050° N, 47.950° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Basra region | 161 km N (350°) | 30.500° N, 47.800° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iraq, near Al Amarah | 317 km NNW (343°) | 31.800° N, 47.100° E | gcat-sites |
| Al 'Amarah (Al-Fakkah) missile launch site | 319 km NNW (344°) | 31.830° N, 47.150° E | gcat-sites |
| Unknown PrSM launch location, Persian Gulf | 368 km SE (128°) | 27.000° N, 51.000° E | gcat-sites |
| South Shiraz Missile Base | 429 km E (83°) | 29.464° N, 52.488° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launcher, S of An Najaf | 439 km WNW (300°) | 31.000° N, 44.100° E | gcat-sites |
| US Navy interceptor launch point, Aegis ships, Arabian Sea | 448 km ESE (120°) | 27.000° N, 52.000° E | gcat-sites |
| US Navy interceptor launch point, Aegis ships, Persian Gulf | 448 km ESE (120°) | 27.000° N, 52.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Dasht-E-Kabir, Iran (Khatami Air Base?) | 544 km NE (40°) | 32.750° N, 51.850° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iran? | 554 km N (9°) | 34.000° N, 49.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iraq | 584 km NW (319°) | 33.000° N, 44.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Bakhtaran/Kermanshah Air Base, Iran | 593 km N (352°) | 34.357° N, 47.236° E | gcat-sites |
| Jebel Himreen, Iraq | 608 km NNW (335°) | 34.000° N, 45.300° E | gcat-sites |
| Al Nikheb (Al Nuqaub) | 647 km WNW (302°) | 32.030° N, 42.260° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 13 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, 20,297 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 29.077° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 2,954 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 56.1° 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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