The local space context of Arifwala 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 | 30.291° N, 73.066° E | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| population | 854,462 inhabitants | GeoNames (geonames.org) — CC BY 4.0 |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tilla Firing Range, Malute, Jhelum region, Punjab, Pakistan | 346 km N (4°) | 33.400° N, 73.300° E | gcat-sites |
| Sonmiani Range, Sonmiani Beach, Baluchistan, Pakistan | 840 km SW (229°) | 25.200° N, 66.750° E | gcat-sites |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pokhran | 377 km SSW (200°) | 27.100° N, 71.750° E | nuclear-tests |
| Ras Koh (Chagai) | 803 km W (260°) | 28.760° N, 64.950° E | nuclear-tests |
| site | distance · bearing | position | source layer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smiling Buddha | 380 km SSW (201°) | 27.080° N, 71.720° E | nukes |
| SHAKTI 1-3 | 382 km SSW (201°) | 27.070° N, 71.700° E | nuclear-tests |
| SHAKTI4 | 382 km SSW (201°) | 27.070° N, 71.700° E | nuclear-tests |
| Chagai-I | 802 km W (260°) | 28.830° N, 64.940° E | nukes |
| TELKEM-2 | 874 km NNE (30°) | 37.000° N, 78.000° E | nuclear-tests |
| PAKISTAN test 2450964 | 921 km W (260°) | 28.490° N, 63.780° 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, 20,269 fly orbits whose ground track reaches 30.291° N, so they can pass directly overhead; the other 2,982 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 54.7° 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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