The local space context of Amsterdam 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 | 52.374° N, 4.890° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 741,636 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| V-2 launch area near Den Haag-Wassenaar | 44 km SW (232°) | 52.130° N, 4.380° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Stavorem, Friesland | 68 km NNE (30°) | 52.900° N, 5.400° E | gcat-sites |
| Artillerie Schietkamp, t'Harde | 70 km E (88°) | 52.395° N, 5.923° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Beukenhorst mansion, Vught, Nederlanden | 88 km SSE (162°) | 51.624° N, 5.289° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area at Hellendoorn/Eelerberg | 105 km E (87°) | 52.410° N, 6.430° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Zwolle-Hellendoorn-Enschede | 106 km E (88°) | 52.400° N, 6.450° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Serooskerke, Walcheren, Holland | 128 km SW (225°) | 51.551° N, 3.590° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Enschede, Nederlanden | 137 km E (96°) | 52.220° N, 6.890° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Burgsteinfurt | 167 km E (100°) | 52.100° N, 7.300° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Remscheid | 207 km SE (129°) | 51.180° N, 7.200° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area, Euskirchen, Deutschland | 233 km SE (145°) | 50.650° N, 6.800° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch areas, Fraiture, Vielsalm, Ardennes | 243 km SSE (165°) | 50.258° N, 5.752° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch areas, Houffalize, Belgium | 267 km SSE (166°) | 50.040° N, 5.790° E | gcat-sites |
| Unknown V2 WWII launch site, Europe | 275 km SSE (163°) | 50.000° N, 6.000° E | gcat-sites |
| V-2 launch area near Hachenburg/Montaburg | 290 km SE (135°) | 50.500° N, 7.800° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 22 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| RFA One | Maiden Flight | 1,000 km NNW (342°) | 60.817° N, 0.763° W | launchlibrary |
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, 15,081 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 52.374° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 8,170 never reach this latitude.
| space station | inclination | can pass overhead |
|---|---|---|
| Bai Xiang | 85.0° | yes |
| International Space Station (+3 docked records) | 51.6° | no — its track stops at 51.6° |
| Kosmos-382 | 55.9° | yes |
| Tianhe | 41.5° | no — its track stops at 41.5° |
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 30.1° 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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