The local space context of Al Ain City 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 | 24.192° N, 55.761° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 846,747 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bandar-e-Jask, Hormozgan | 259 km NE (51°) | 25.644° N, 57.774° E | gcat-sites |
| US Navy interceptor launch point, Aegis ships, Arabian Sea | 490 km NW (310°) | 27.000° N, 52.000° E | gcat-sites |
| US Navy interceptor launch point, Aegis ships, Persian Gulf | 490 km NW (310°) | 27.000° N, 52.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Etlaq Spaceport | 543 km SSE (158°) | 19.640° N, 57.678° E | gcat-sites |
| Chabahar Space Center | 567 km ENE (78°) | 25.141° N, 61.272° E | gcat-sites |
| Unknown PrSM launch location, Persian Gulf | 570 km NW (304°) | 27.000° N, 51.000° E | gcat-sites |
| South Shiraz Missile Base | 670 km NNW (332°) | 29.464° N, 52.488° E | gcat-sites |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAKISTAN test 2450964 | 931 km ENE (57°) | 28.490° N, 63.780° 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, 20,608 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 24.192° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 2,643 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 61.7° 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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