The local space context of Amman 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 | 31.955° N, 35.945° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,275,857 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sdot HaElah (Sdot Micha) Airbase | 100 km WSW (257°) | 31.755° N, 34.910° E | gcat-sites |
| Israeli Air Force Test Range, Palmachim Beach, Israel | 118 km W (267°) | 31.900° N, 34.700° E | gcat-sites |
| Negev Desert test site, Hadarom Hanegev, Israel | 139 km SW (220°) | 31.000° N, 35.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Eastern Mediterranean Sea | 184 km W (272°) | 32.000° N, 34.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Dbayeh launch site, LRS | 222 km N (352°) | 33.930° N, 35.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Al Nasriyah missile base, Syria | 236 km NNE (21°) | 33.928° N, 36.877° E | gcat-sites |
| Hama missile base, Syria | 359 km N (11°) | 35.121° N, 36.711° E | gcat-sites |
| H3 (al-Wallid) Airbase, Al Anbar | 372 km ENE (72°) | 32.930° N, 39.740° E | gcat-sites |
| Deversoir Air Base | 383 km WSW (245°) | 30.423° N, 32.335° E | gcat-sites |
| Syrian missile base, unknown, N of Halab/Alleppo?, Syria | 389 km NNE (29°) | 35.000° N, 38.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Syrian missile base, Al Safir, Aleppo, Syria (Base at Al Safir) | 472 km NNE (16°) | 36.034° N, 37.351° E | gcat-sites |
| Syrian missile base, Minakh, N of Halab/Alleppo, Syria (Base at Al Safir) | 517 km N (11°) | 36.519° N, 37.039° E | gcat-sites |
| Mobile launchers in Iraq, western launch area | 523 km ENE (63°) | 34.000° N, 41.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Jabal Hamzah | 548 km WSW (250°) | 30.127° N, 30.607° E | gcat-sites |
| Al Nikheb (Al Nuqaub) | 596 km E (88°) | 32.030° N, 42.260° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 10 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, 20,238 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 31.955° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,013 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 52.8° 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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