The local space context of Andijon 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 | 40.783° N, 72.351° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 747,800 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sary Ozek missile base, Kazakhstan | 478 km NW (307°) | 43.300° N, 67.650° E | gcat-sites |
| Kattakurgan missile base, Samarkand region | 522 km W (261°) | 39.900° N, 66.300° E | gcat-sites |
| Sary Shagan Antimissile Test Center (NIIP-A, GNIIP-10), Balkash | 624 km N (4°) | 46.380° N, 72.870° E | gcat-sites |
| Tilla Firing Range, Malute, Jhelum region, Punjab, Pakistan | 825 km S (174°) | 33.400° N, 73.300° E | gcat-sites |
| GIK-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan | 951 km NW (311°) | 46.000° N, 63.000° E | gcat-sites |
| NIIP-5, Baykonur, Kazakstan | 951 km NW (311°) | 46.000° N, 63.000° E | gcat-sites |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soyuz 2.1a | Soyuz MS-29 | 916 km NW (312°) | 45.996° N, 63.564° E | launchlibrary |
| Soyuz 2.1b | Progress MS-35 (96P) | 916 km NW (312°) | 45.996° N, 63.564° E | launchlibrary |
| Soyuz 2.1b | Progress MS-36 (97P) | 916 km NW (312°) | 45.996° N, 63.564° E | launchlibrary |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| MERIDIAN | 463 km WNW (299°) | 42.700° N, 67.400° E | nuclear-tests |
| TELKEM-2 | 645 km SE (129°) | 37.000° N, 78.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| MERIDIAN | 650 km NNW (327°) | 45.600° N, 67.800° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2439998 | 654 km WSW (254°) | 38.890° N, 65.100° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2439399 | 706 km WSW (254°) | 38.800° N, 64.500° E | nuclear-tests |
| CHINA test 2448120 | 776 km E (81°) | 41.567° N, 81.567° E | nuclear-tests |
| JOE 1 | 853 km NNE (19°) | 48.000° N, 76.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2433914 | 853 km NNE (19°) | 48.000° N, 76.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| JOE 3 | 853 km NNE (19°) | 48.000° N, 76.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2446051 | 883 km NNE (23°) | 48.000° N, 77.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| USSR test 2440734 | 955 km NNE (27°) | 48.300° N, 78.200° E | nuclear-tests |
| CRATER | 968 km WSW (250°) | 37.400° N, 62.000° 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, 19,965 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 40.783° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,286 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 42.8° 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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