The local space context of Antalya 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 | 36.908° N, 30.696° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 1,335,002 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dbayeh launch site, LRS | 554 km SE (125°) | 33.930° N, 35.600° E | gcat-sites |
| Syrian missile base, Minakh, N of Halab/Alleppo, Syria (Base at Al Safir) | 567 km E (92°) | 36.519° N, 37.039° E | gcat-sites |
| Nissaki-Karystos, Evvoia, Hellas | 567 km WNW (284°) | 38.010° N, 24.420° E | gcat-sites |
| Hama missile base, Syria | 576 km ESE (108°) | 35.121° N, 36.711° E | gcat-sites |
| NATO Missile Firing Installation (NAMFI) | 600 km WSW (258°) | 35.600° N, 24.200° E | gcat-sites |
| Syrian missile base, Al Safir, Aleppo, Syria (Base at Al Safir) | 603 km E (97°) | 36.034° N, 37.351° E | gcat-sites |
| Akhtopol Meteorological Rocket Station | 622 km NNW (339°) | 42.084° N, 27.952° E | gcat-sites |
| Eastern Mediterranean Sea | 624 km SSE (150°) | 32.000° N, 34.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Al Nasriyah missile base, Syria | 651 km ESE (119°) | 33.928° N, 36.877° E | gcat-sites |
| Israeli Air Force Test Range, Palmachim Beach, Israel | 667 km SE (145°) | 31.900° N, 34.700° E | gcat-sites |
| Ushakov Expedition 6, 1978 | 678 km N (2°) | 43.000° N, 31.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Sinop missile test site, Turkey | 688 km NNE (33°) | 42.031° N, 35.190° E | gcat-sites |
| Syrian missile base, unknown, N of Halab/Alleppo?, Syria | 691 km ESE (106°) | 35.000° N, 38.000° E | gcat-sites |
| Sdot HaElah (Sdot Micha) Airbase | 691 km SE (145°) | 31.755° N, 34.910° E | gcat-sites |
| Deversoir Air Base | 737 km SSE (168°) | 30.423° N, 32.335° E | gcat-sites |
| … and 8 more within 1000 km | |||
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evpatoria RT-70 | 944 km NNE (12°) | 45.189° N, 33.187° E | signals |
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, 20,027 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 36.908° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 3,224 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 47.2° 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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