The local space context of Aleppo 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 | 36.201° N, 37.161° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 2,098,210 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syrian missile base, Al Safir, Aleppo, Syria (Base at Al Safir) | 25 km SE (137°) | 36.034° N, 37.351° E | gcat-sites |
| Syrian missile base, Minakh, N of Halab/Alleppo, Syria (Base at Al Safir) | 37 km NNW (343°) | 36.519° N, 37.039° E | gcat-sites |
| Hama missile base, Syria | 127 km SSW (199°) | 35.121° N, 36.711° E | gcat-sites |
| Syrian missile base, unknown, N of Halab/Alleppo?, Syria | 154 km SSE (150°) | 35.000° N, 38.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Al Nasriyah missile base, Syria | 254 km S (186°) | 33.928° N, 36.877° E | gcat-sites |
| Dbayeh launch site, LRS | 290 km SSW (210°) | 33.930° N, 35.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iraq, western launch area | 426 km SE (124°) | 34.000° N, 41.000° E | gcat-sites |
| H3 (al-Wallid) Airbase, Al Anbar | 434 km SSE (146°) | 32.930° N, 39.740° E | gcat-sites |
| Tall' Afar Air Base | 471 km E (87°) | 36.280° N, 42.410° E | gcat-sites |
| Israeli Air Force Test Range, Palmachim Beach, Israel | 529 km SSW (206°) | 31.900° N, 34.700° E | gcat-sites |
| Sdot HaElah (Sdot Micha) Airbase | 536 km SSW (203°) | 31.755° N, 34.910° E | gcat-sites |
| Saddam Air Base | 538 km E (93°) | 35.760° N, 43.120° E | gcat-sites |
| Eastern Mediterranean Sea | 550 km SSW (213°) | 32.000° N, 34.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Negev Desert test site, Hadarom Hanegev, Israel | 612 km SSW (200°) | 31.000° N, 35.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Kilometer 160, Ar Ramadi, Al Ambar, Iraq | 625 km ESE (118°) | 33.400° N, 43.100° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 19 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, 20,039 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 36.201° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,212 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 48.0° 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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